Date of birth:

August 30th, 1919 (Halle,Germany)

Date of death:

January 20th, 1945 (20 km WSW of Welun/Wartheland, Germany (Poland))

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Jürgen Harang was killed on 20th January 1945 near Weruschau, west of Wielun. sources state that he at that moment flew with II. / Schlachtgeschwader 77 (and not with the at his Knightscross awarding mentioned II. / Jagdgeschwader 77).
Research revealed that Harang indeed was killed near Weruschau (Polish Wieruszów, west of Wielún), thus stating that he most probably flew with the II. / Schlachtgeschwader 4, which unit records the only losses around the date of 20th January 1945 in the mentioned area.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Leutnant (Pilot Officer)

Unit:

Flugzeugführer

Awarded on:

April 24th, 1944

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Leutnant (Pilot Officer)

Unit:

II. Gruppe, Schlachtgeschwader 77, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

May 10th, 1944

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)

Unit:

Staffelkapitän, II. Gruppe, Schlachtgeschwader 77, Luftwaffe

Awarded on:

February 2nd, 1945

The following wartime excerpt (dated 17.02.1945) describes why Harang received the Knight’s Cross…

“Oberleutnant Jürgen Harang… eliminated 91 artillery pieces of all kinds as well as 8 tanks and numerous additional war materiel over the course of 525 sorties on the Eastern front.”

Awarded posthumously.

• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976.
  - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2007.
  - PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
  - Ritterkreuz Archiv II/2010, Veit Scherzer, Ranis, Juni 2010, ISSN 1866-4709
  - Ritterkreuz Archiv IV/2008, Veit Scherzer, Ranis, Dezember 2008, ISSN 1866-4709
  - Luftwaffe Officer Career