Helmut Lange

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

Helmut Lange
Died	After 4 November 1918
Allegiance	Germany
Service / branch	Aviation
Unit	Jagdstaffel 26
Awards	Iron 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.

References

• 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.