Friedrich Lang

Infobox Military Person
name=Friedrich Lang
born=birth date|1915|1|12|df=y
died=death date and age|2003|12|29|1915|1|12|df=y


caption=Friedrich Lang
placeofbirth=Mährisch-Trübau, Austria-Hungary
placeofdeath=Hanover, Germany
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (to 1945)
flagicon|West Germany West Germany
branch=)
serviceyears=1935-1945, 1956-1973
rank=Major
commands=1./StG 2, III./SG 1
unit=StG 2, SG 1
battles=World War II
*Invasion of Poland
*Battle of France
*Battle of Britain
*Battle of Crete
*Operation Barbarossa
awards=Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
laterwork=Teacher at a "Volksschule" in Gundelsheim
Civil engineer
Oberst in the Bundeswehr

Major Friedrich Lang (12 January, 1915 – 29 December, 2003) was a German World War II Luftwaffe Stuka ace [For a list of Luftwaffe ground attack aces see "List of German World War II Ground Attack aces"] .

Friedrich Lang flew 1008 combat missions. A number accumulated from the first until the very last day of World War II. During all these missions he was never shot down, never crash landed his aircraft and never had to bail out. [Brütting 1992, p. 113]

Awards

* Verwundetenabzeichen in Black
* Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold with Pennant "1.000"
* Combined Pilots-Observation Badge
* "Kreta" Cuffband
* German Cross in Gold (24 April 1942)
* Iron Cross
** 2. class (1939)
** 1. class (1940)
* Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
** Knight's Cross (23 November 1941)
** 148. Oak Leaves (21 November 1942)
** 74. Swords (2 July 1944)

References

*cite web|title=das-ritterkreuz.de|work=Friedrich Lang| url= http://www.das-ritterkreuz.de/index_search_db.php4?modul=search_result_det&wert1=3582&searchword=lang| accessdate=11 July| accessyear=2007
* Berger, Florian, "Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges". Selbstverlag Florian Berger, 2006. ISBN 3-9501307-0-5.
* Brütting, Georg. "Das waren die deutschen Stuka-Asse 1939 - 1945". Motorbuch, Stuttgart, 1995. ISBN 3-87943-433-6.
* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit. "Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 - 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II". Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, 2001. ISBN 3-931533-45-X.