 On 26 August 1940, Lützow claimed a pair of Boulton Paul Defiant fighters from No.264 Squadron off the north Kent coast.On 27 August 1940, Lützow, and other "Geschwaderkommodore", were summoned to a meeting held by "Jagdfliegerführer" 2, "Generalmajor" (Major General) Kurt-Bertram von Döring in Wissant.