Thread: Rescued StG2 crew on 26th of May 1940.
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Old 16th February 2025, 09:29
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Re: Rescued StG2 crew on 26th of May 1940.
Hi Chris,

Thank you for your reply. That is also the crew I know of, but no mentioning of them being rescued. According to the book “Das waren die deutschen Stuka-Asse 1939-1945” by Georg Brütting, it was Lothar Lau he got out after an emergency landing (page 241).

Lau made a crash landing on the 11th of May 1940, but wasn’t rescued by another crew that day. Maybe the 26th is wrong or Lothar Lau is not the one that got rescued by Platzer.
Lau did have more than one crash/emergency landing, his last being on the 22th of January 1945, couldn’t find another.
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