20.03.1943 4./NJG3 Messerschmitt Bf 108B-1 Wnr.1638 Ofw. Haisch

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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.

Main image - The ill-fated pilot Karl Haisch (Hall)

REASON FOR LOSS:

No further details are known regarding the cause of the crash.

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 former member M Brownless and the late Steve Hall, Brighton. July 2012 Updated June 2013. Page reconstructed by Alexander D King September 2025.

Karl Haisch with Herbert Platzek (Hall)
Karl and Herbert in flight gear (Hall)
Herbert Platzek & Karl Haisch stand beside the D5 + HH? Possibly crash landed aircraft. (Hall)
Karl Haisch pictured in the cockpit of a Messerschmitt Bf 111 night fighter of NJG3 (Hall)

Tags: Karl HaischHerbert PlatzekLudwig Wolter

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