Hptm. Emil Lang's crash site

[George Hopp]

In "Die Ritterkreuztraeger der Luftwaffe 1939-1945, Band I - Jagdflieger" by Ernst Obermaier, p.64, the author says that on 3 Sept 44 as Emil Lang took off from St. Trond he was surprised by several Spitfires, crashed from 200m altitude and died immediately. His a/c was Fw 190 A-8,171 240, Green 1.

Sorry, nothing further,
George

PS. In his book, "The JG 26 War Diary --Part 2 1943-45, Donald Caldwell theorizes that it was Lt. Cramer of the 55th Figher Group who shot down Lang. But, no mention of Lang's subsequent fate, ie. burial location.

[Alain57]

Hello ,

It "seems" that Hptm Lang was on a transfer flight from Melsbroek ( Brussels ) to Germany. His aircraft came down at the village of Overhespen 13 km west of St-Trond ( Sint-Truiden in flemish ) Hptm Lange was born on january 14 th 1909 , he is buried as unknown on the German cemetery of Lommel Belgium.

Greetings

[montana]

Hi,

Unlike the statement made by Caldwell in his book, Hptm Emil Lang was not shot down by Mustang of the 55 FG, but he was shot down by F/Lt Spencer from the 41 Squadron flying Spit XII. The pilots of the 41 Sqn encountered Lang and his wingmen in the Overhespen area, while the 55 FG pilots met Fw 190s taking off from Grimbergen...