Hubert Lange KG51

[Roger Gaemperle]

Hello,

I recently received some documents (Wehrpass and Soldbuch, etc.) of a former KG51 pilot who flew 15 combat missions with the Me 262. His Wehrpass and Soldbuch state that he was awarded the Knight Cross and German Cross in Gold. However, these awards were issued by 14 Fl. Div. in spring 1945 and it so far it couldn't be proven by a second source that he actually got these awards. He flew more than 200 Feindflüge in total.

I posted some photos and information on a Militaria collecting forum, but so far the DKiG and KC remains a mystery. The thread has already over 90 posts and therefore I didn't want to copy paste everything to TOCH but rather show the link as a basis for dicussion on TOCH:

http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=198966

I hope that some of the TOCH members can add information that could explain the entries in the Wehrpass.

There war an article in the German magazine FLUGZEUG and also in a British aircraft magazine about Lange that contains some more information about his career if anyone is interested.

Kind regards
Roger Gaemperle