Career
Platz was hired by Fokker in 1912 as a welder. His first hands-on projects were to weld the frame parts for the Fokker Spin. Platz became the head designer at the Fokker factory in Schwerin in 1916.
Platz had no higher education like Anthony Fokker, but was a man of practical knowledge.
This turned the two men into a strong team, in which Platz was able to bring forth new revolutionary ideas to aircraft design, while Anthony Fokker implemented them in prototype aircraft. Platz became the head designer at the Fokker factory in Amsterdam after World War I.
Platz is now largely credited with designing the innovative Fokker Doctorate.VII fighter aircraft.
Platz was born in Cottbus and died in Ahrensburg.