Emil Lang, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German officer and fighter pilot during World War II
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Place of Birth: Fraunberg, Bavaria, Germany
About Emil Lang
- Emil Lang (14 January 1909 – 3 September 1944), nicknamed "Bully", was a Luftwaffe flying ace during World War II.
- A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat.
- Lang was credited with 173 aerial victories—144 on the Eastern Front, 29 on the Western Front—and one Soviet MTB sunk in 403 combat missions.Posted to a fighter wing on the Eastern Front, Lang claimed his first aerial victories in March 1943.
- He was credited with 72 victories in a three-week period, among them an unsurpassed total of 18 on 3 November 1943.
- He received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 22 November 1943 for his 119 victories to that time.
- By March 1944, his claims totaled 144, for which he received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves on 11 April 1944.
- Transferred to the Western Front, he claimed his 150th victim during the Normandy Invasion on 14 June 1944.
- He scored his last three victories on 26 August 1944; on 3 September 1944, he was killed in action over Belgium.
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