Helmut Lange

Helmut Lange IC was a German World War I flying ace credited with nine aerial victories.

Helmut Lange
DiedAfter 4 November 1918
AllegianceGermany
Service/branchAviation
UnitJagdstaffel 26
AwardsIron Cross

World War I

Helmut Lange served in Jagdstaffel 26 during World War I. He scored nine aerial victories there,[1] under the leadership of Bruno Loerzer and Franz Brandt. Lange temporarily commanded of the squadron from 22 August through 12 September 1918.[2]

List of aerial victories

See also Aerial victory standards of World War I

No. Date/time Aircraft Foe Result Location Notes
1 26 March 1918 @ 1730 hours Sopwith Dolphin St.-Pierre No. 19 Squadron RFC casualty
2 8 May 1918 @ 0945 hours Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a South of Zillebeke Lake No. 74 Squadron RAF casualty
3 31 May 1918 @ 1705 hours Spad Southwest of Longpont
4 27 August 1918 @ 0840 hours Sopwith Camel Croisilles, Pas-de-Calais
5 2 September 1918 @ 1015 hours Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a Villers
6 2 September 1918 @ 1245 hours Sopwith Camel Northeast of Barelle
7 16 September 1918 @ 0850 hours Bristol F.2 Fighter Northeast of Quiéry-la-Motte No. 11 Squadron RAF casualty
8 30 October 1918 @ 1230 hours Airco DH.9 Crespin No. 98 Squadron RAF casualty
9 4 November 1918 @ 1015 hours Bristol F.2 Fighter Vieux Rengts No. 48 Squadron RAF casualty[1][3]

Post World War I

Although Lange almost certainly survived the war, it is not known what became of him.

Endnotes
  1. The Aerodrome website page on Lange http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/lange.php Retrieved 9 August 2011.
  2. The Aerodrome website page on Jasta 26 http://www.theaerodrome.com/services/germany/jasta/jasta26.php Retrieved on 10 August 2011.
  3. Franks, et. al, p. 153.

Reference
  • Franks, Norman, Frank W. Bailey, Russell Guest (1993). Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914-1918. Grub Street. ISBN 0-948817-73-9, ISBN 978-0-948817-73-1.
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