Oswald Lange

Oswald Hermann Lange
Born	June 1, 1912 Haynau, Germany
Died	February 20, 2000 Savannah, Georgia
Nationality	German, United States of America
Fields	Mathematics, Engineering
Institutions	Peenemünde Royal Aircraft Establishment Glenn L. Martin Company
Alma mater	Berlin Institute of Technology

Oswald Hermann Lange (June 1, 1912 – February 20, 2000)^[1] was a German-American aerospace engineer and member of the "von Braun rocket group".^[2] He contributed to early military aerospace projects, including the V-2 and Wasserfall, and eventually became project director of Saturn V.^[2][3]

Biography

Von Braun's rocket team in 1961. Lange is second from the right.

Lange earned his master's degree from the University of Breslau and PhD from Berlin Institute of Technology. He worked at Peenemünde from 1940 to 1945 on guidance and control aspects of the V-2 ballistic missile and the Wasserfall surface-to-air missile. After the war, he worked at the Royal Aircraft Establishment (1947), but emigrated to the US in 1954, working briefly at Martin Aircraft.^[1][2] In 1959, he was naturalized as a US citizen and became head of the Saturn project office.^[2] He retired in 1977.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Oswald Hermann Lange, 87, died Feb. 20". Savannah Morning News. February 22, 2000. http://savannahnow.com/stories/022200/OBITSindex.shtml. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Stuhlinger, E., Ordway, F.I., McCall, J.C., and Bucher, G.C. (1963) Aeronautical Engineering and Science, McGraw-Hill.
3. ^ Bilstein, R.E. (1999) Stages to Saturn, Diane Publishing.

Persondata
Name	Lange, Oswald
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	June 1, 1912
Place of birth	Haynau, Germany
Date of death	February 20, 2000
Place of death	Savannah, Georgia