Date of birth:

October 26th, 1914 (Himmelberg/Carinthia, Austria (Austria-Hungary))

Date of death:

March 16th, 1942 (Dovorez, Soviet Union)

Nationality:

Austrian

Friedrich Platze reached the rank of Hauptmann.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)

Unit:

Sturzkampfgeschwader

Awarded on:

October 14th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)

Unit:

I. / Sturzkampfgeschwader 2

Awarded on:

December 2nd, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)

Unit:

Staffelführer 3. / Sturzkampfgeschwader 2

Awarded on:

April 5th, 1942

Awarded for his total of 387 missions flown with the Ju 87 (including 227 in the East). During this time, among other things, he destroyed 4 supply ships and damaged a battleship, a cruiser and two destroyers. He also rescued a downed aircrew from behind Soviet lines during the fighting on the Eastern front in 1941.

Awarded posthumously.

• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976.
  - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.