Karl Plauth

Leutnant Karl Plauth was a German World War I flying ace credited with 17 aerial victories.

See also Aerial victory standards of World War I Karl Plauth was born on 27 August 1896 in Munich, Germany.

After being wounded during the Battle of Verdun and earning a First Class Iron Cross,[2] he transferred to flying service.

After a stint in Flieger-Abteilung 204 (Flier Detachment 204),[3] he was assigned to fly a Fokker D.VII[4] with Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 20 (Fighter Squadron 20) on 14 June 1918.

[4] He was piloting the Junkers A 32, which he helped design, on a test flight on 2 November 1927, when it failed to pull out of a loop.

Plauth crashed one Fokker D.VII, flew another to 16 victories.
A Junkers A 32, December, 1927. Probably not the one Plauth crashed.