KG 51 Me 262 Kills

[Sylvester Stadler]

There is an article in FlyPast, August 2003, entitled "From Heinkel to 'Storm Bird'" regarding the career of bomber pilot Hubert Lange, I./KG 51. According to the author, Hartmut Feldmann, Lange scored the following kills:

When Lange was employed by Messerschmitt, he intercepted a P-38 at end of 1944 which broke apart in mid-air.

On Jan. 29, 1945 he attacked and shot down P-47 over Alsace.

On Feb. 2, 1945 he shot down an already-damaged B-24 south of Rheine.

On Feb. 21 he shot down P-47 near Emmerich.

On March 13 he attacked four P-47s over railroad tracks between Dorsten and Rheine, downing one and hitting another.

The article states he downed five Allied aircraft.

I cannot find his name in the history of KG 51 by Wolfgang Dierich, nor in any published literature on the Me 262 to corroborate these claims.