Hptm. Emil Lang's crash site

[yogybär]

here
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/lang.html
it is reported that Lang had problems with his undercarriage and thus flew with "legs down".

Any comments on this?

[Leo Etgen]

Hi guys

Just to note that it now appears that he actually was flying Fw 190 A-5 "Green 1" (W.Nr. 0150 1240) rather than Fw 190 A-8 "Green 1" (W.Nr. 171 240). It is possible that the undercarriage problems he experienced that day that led to his death were due to the age of this aircraft. I just wonder why a pilot like Lang would prefer an A-5 to an A-8. I recall Gene Crumpp writing that German veterans stated that the A-5 was the worst preforming A-series as compared to the A-8 which was the best preforming A-series due to the higher power to weight ratio between the two types.

Horrido!

Leo

[Steve Brew]

Hi Leo

May I ask your source for this new piece of information (A5 iso A8), please?

Thanks
Steve

[Joe Potter]

The VDK now have Borreck listed as being buried in Hürtgenwald-Vossenack Cemetery as an unknown.
Joe

[Leo Etgen]

Hello Steve

This information is from the thread posted below in which it is explained by Charles Bavarois and John Manrho that the Namentliche Verlustmeldung for Lang provided by WASt gives the loss information of his aircraft as being Fw 190 A-5 (W.Nr. 0150 1240). Credit for this discovery should also be given to David Brown who realized that the werknummer block for the A-8 that he is usually claimed to have flown that date does not exist. I hope this helps.

http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=15822

Horrido!

Leo