Hptm Gerhard Plischke, + 17 Nov 39

[Larry Hickey]

Larry,

Peter won't be available for a couple of weeks to reply for his part, so please don't bring down the incantations of hell on his head until he has an opportunity to reply.

In the meantime, here is our most recent (hopefully) EoE LW Loss listing for this one:

"17 November 1939: 3./KG51 Heinkel He111H. Lost bearings due to severe storm conditions during leaflet-dropping sortie to Marseille and Bordeaux, and finally abandoned over the Austrian/Italian frontier near Untertillach, south-west of Lienz. (Beo) Hptmn Gerhard Ploeschke (Staffelkapitän) killed. (Ff) Lt Rudolf Henne baled out injured, rest of crew baled out unhurt. Aircraft 100% write-off."