Leutnant Helmut Lange IC was a German World War I flying ace credited with nine aerial victories.
World War I Helmut Lange served in Jagdstaffel 26 during World War I. He scored nine aerial victories there,The Aerodrome website page on Lange http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/lange.php Retrieved 9 August 2011. under the leadership of Bruno Loerzer and Franz Brandt. Lange temporarily commanded the squadron from 22 August through 12 September 1918.The Aerodrome website page on Jasta 26 http://www.theaerodrome.com/services/germany/jasta/jasta26.php Retrieved on 10 August 2011.
List of aerial victories See also Aerial victory standards of World War I No.Date/timeAircraftFoeResultLocationNotes 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 casualtyFranks, et al., p. 153.
Post World War I Although Lange almost certainly survived the war, it is not known what became of him.
References
Sources 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. , .