Lang, Emil
- Date of birth:
- January 14th, 1909 (Neckar/Württemberg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- September 3rd, 1944 (after take off airbase Brussels/St.Trond, Belgium)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Lommel
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Emil Lang achieved 173 victories in 403 operational sorties.
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 13th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 2nd, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 30th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 27th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant
- Unit:
- Staffelführer 5. / Jagdgeschwader 54
- Awarded on:
- November 22nd, 1943
952nd Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant
- Unit:
- II. / Jagdgeschwader 54
- Awarded on:
- November 25th, 1943
Award 13/290
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän 5. / Jagdgeschwader 54
- Awarded on:
- April 11th, 1944
448th Award.
Sources
- Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
- Photo: Wilco Vermeer collection, the Netherlands
- - OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Kurowski F., Oberleutnant Otto Kittel, Der erfolgreichste Jagdflieger des Jagdgeschwaders 54, Flechsig Verlag, Würzburg, 2007
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001
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