Mission: Non-operational flight, Germany.
Date: 20th March 1943
Unit: 4 Staffel./Nachtjagdgeschwader 3
Type: Messerschmitt Bf 108B-1
Werke/Nr.1638
Coded: Not known.
Location: 200 metres N of the Hohenweststedt Strasse, Waldfeld, Neumuenster, Germany.
Pilot: Oberfeldwebel. Karl Haisch 69023/99 - Killed. Born 06.01.1914 in Markgroeninburg.
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier. Herbert Platzek 53101 B/6 - Killed. Born 26.11.1919 in Maradtken.
Mechanic: Feldwebel. Ludwig Wolter 53101 B/15 - Killed. Born 12.06.1915 in Bassum/Bremen.
Date: 20th March 1943
Unit: 4 Staffel./Nachtjagdgeschwader 3
Type: Messerschmitt Bf 108B-1
Werke/Nr.1638
Coded: Not known.
Location: 200 metres N of the Hohenweststedt Strasse, Waldfeld, Neumuenster, Germany.
Pilot: Oberfeldwebel. Karl Haisch 69023/99 - Killed. Born 06.01.1914 in Markgroeninburg.
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier. Herbert Platzek 53101 B/6 - Killed. Born 26.11.1919 in Maradtken.
Mechanic: Feldwebel. Ludwig Wolter 53101 B/15 - Killed. Born 12.06.1915 in Bassum/Bremen.
REASON FOR LOSS:
No further details are known regarding the cause of the crash.
Karl Haisch with Herbert Platzek (Hall/Brownless).
Karl and Herbert in flight gear (Hall/Brownless).
Herbert Platzek & Karl Haisch stand beside the D5 + HH? Possibly crash landed aircraft. (Hall/Brownless).
Karl Haisch pictured in the cockpit of a Messerschmitt Bf 111 night fighter of NJG3 (Hall/Brownless).
The ill-fated pilot Karl Haisch (Hall/Brownless).
Burial details:
Herbert Platzek rests in the Kriegsgraeberstaette in Gelsenkirchen-Buer-Hauptfriedhof. Grave 64.
Note: Cannot find burial details for Karl Haisch or Ludwig Wolter on German (VDK) website.
Researched and compiled by Melvin Brownless and the late Steve Hall, Brighton. July 2012 Updated June 2013.
