- Otto Tange
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Otto Tange Born 22 September 1915
HochdonnDied 30 July 1943 (aged 27)
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LuftwaffeYears of service ?–1943 Rank Oberleutnant (Posthumously) Unit JG 51 Battles/wars Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Otto Tange (22 September 1915 – 30 July 1943) was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Tange claimed 68 aerial victories, 3 over the Western Front and 65 over the Eastern Front. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.
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Career
Otto Tange was a member of the Luftwaffe at the beginning of the war and participated in the Battle of France and the Battle of Britain. During the Battle of Britain he claimed his first three victories. Tange then participated in Operation Barbarossa, by the end of 1941 he claimed 33 more victories. On 19 March 1942 Otto Tange was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for having 40 victories. Tange was killed by anti-aircraft fire on 30 July 1943. At the time of his death, his total was 68 victories.
Awards
- Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (1 September 1941)
- Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
- Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
- German Cross in Gold (24 November 1941)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- Knight's Cross on 19 March 1942 as Oberfeldwebel and Flugzeugführer 4. / Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders" [1]
References
- Citations
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 340.
- Bibliography
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
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Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of Jagdgeschwader 51Heinrich Bär (Oak Leaves & Swords) • Friedrich Beckh • Franz-Josef Beerenbrock (Oak Leaves) • Wolfgang Böwing-Treuding • Adolf Borchers • Joachim Brendel (Oak Leaves) • Kurt Dombacher • Diethelm von Eichel-Streiber • Erwin Fleig • Josef Fözö • Herbert Friebel • Otto Gaiser • Bernd Gallowitsch • Hartmann Grasser (Oak Leaves) • Anton Hafner (Oak Leaves) • Heinrich Höfemeier • Heinrich Hoffmann (Oak Leaves) • Erich Hohagen • Wilhelm Hübner • Herbert Huppertz1 (Oak Leaves) • Josef Jennewein • Hermann-Friedrich Joppien (Oak Leaves) • Günther Josten (Oak Leaves) • Peter Kalden • Heinrich Klöpper • Kurt Knappe • Hans Kolbow • Heinrich Krafft • Heinz Lange • Heinz Leber • Richard Leppla • Anton Lindner • Fritz Losigkeit • Max-Hermann Lücke • Fritz Lüddecke • Heinz Marquardt • Maximilian Mayerl • Wilhelm Mink • Werner Mölders2 (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds) • Joachim Müncheberg3 (Oak Leaves & Swords) • Karl-Gottfried Nordmann (Oak Leaves) • Walter Oesau4 (Oak Leaves & Swords) • Josef Priller5 (Oak Leaves & Swords) • Herbert Puschmann • Karl Rammelt • Alfred Rauch • Oskar Romm • Günther Rübell • Günther Schack (Oak Leaves) • Karl-Heinz Schnell • Helmut Schönfelder • Otto Schultz • Georg Seelmann • Hermann Staiger • Hubert Straßl • Hans Strelow (Oak Leaves) • Otto Tange • Kurt Tanzer • Edwin Thiel • Horst Tietzen • Bernhard Vechtel • Edmund Wagner • Rudolf Wagner • Karl-Heinz Weber (Oak Leaves) • Ernst Weismann • Walther Wever • Otto Würfel
1 Oak Leaves with JG 2. 2 Knight's Cross with JG 53. 3 Knight's Cross and Oak Leaves with JG 26. 4 Oak Leaves and Swords with JG 3. 5 Oak Leaves and Swords with JG 26.Categories:- 1915 births
- 1943 deaths
- Luftwaffe pilots
- German World War II flying aces
- Recipients of the German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross
- German military personnel killed in World War II
- People from Schleswig-Holstein
- Recipients of a posthumous promotion
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