Chris G:
17 Nov 39: flew a night leaflet mission to the Bordeaux-Marseille area; one He 111 crashed in northern Italy on the return flight killing Hptm. Gerhard Plischke and one other crew member. (This is from my unit notes and probably taken from Shores.)
Chris Shores in his
Fledgling Beagles says on p.112:
"Hpt Gerhard Plischke, a pilot of an 8. Staffel [KG 51 - ed.] aircraft, force-landed at Unterlillach, just over the Austro-Italian frontier, the pilot being killed and one other member of the crew injured."
L.
Nachschrift: Here is what we have in our Officer Careers listings. I will ask Doug S. if he remembers where he got this from as the information is really, really bad.
Quote:
PLISEKE (PLOESCHKE?), Gerhard. 17.11.39 Hptm. and Staka 3./KG 51, KIA during leaflet sortie to
Marseille and Bordeaux - became disoriented in bad weather and bailed out over the Austrian/Italian
border near Untertillisch, and crashed about 20 km SW of Liens. 3./ or 8./?
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13th August 2015, 15:00
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