World War I

Helmut Lange served in Jagdstaffel 26

Jagdstaffel 26

Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 26 was a World War I "hunting group" of the Luftstreitkräfte, which was the forerunner to the Luftwaffe. As one of the original German fighter squadrons, the unit would score 177 verified aerial victories, including four observation balloons destroyed...

 during World War I. He scored nine aerial victories there, under the leadership of Bruno Loerzer

Bruno Loerzer

Bruno Loerzer was an officer in the German Luftstreitkräfte during World War I and Luftwaffe during World War II....

 and Franz Brandt

Franz Brandt

Leutnant Franz Brandt was a World War I flying ace credited with ten aerial victories.Brandt entered the war an artilleryman. In July 1915 he transferred to aviation. His first assignment after training was Kasta 14, between July and September 1916. In December, he moved on to Schutzstaffel 2; he...

. Lange temporarily commanded of the squadron from 22 August through 12 September 1918.

List of aerial victories

See also Aerial victory standards of World War I

Aerial victory standards of World War I

During World War I, the national air services involved developed their own methods of assessing and assigning credit for aerial victories.The victory scores of the pilots represented at List of World War I flying aces often cannot be definitive, but are based on itemized lists that are the best...

No.	Date/time	Aircraft	Foe	Result	Location	Notes
1	26 March 1918 @ 1730 hours		Sopwith Dolphin		St.-Pierre
2	8 May 1918 @ 0945 hours		Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a		South of Zillebeke Zillebeke Zillebeke is a village in the Flemish province of West-Vlaanderen in Belgium. The former municipality is now part of Ypres.-History:On March 3, 1914 the then municipality was granted the arms are those of the last Lords of Zillebeke, the Canton family, Viscounts of Winnezeele, which had in 1740...  Lake
3	31 May 1918 @ 1705 hours		Spad Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés SPAD was a French aircraft manufacturer between 1911 and 1921. Its SPAD S.XIII biplane was the most popular French fighter airplane in World War I.-Deperdussin:...		Southwest of Longpont Longpont Longpont is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France.-See also:*Longpont Abbey*List of medieval bridges in France*Communes of the Aisne department...
4	27 August 1918 @ 0840 hours		Sopwith Camel Sopwith Camel The Sopwith Camel was a British First World War single-seat biplane fighter introduced on the Western Front in 1917. Manufactured by Sopwith Aviation Company, it had a short-coupled fuselage, heavy, powerful rotary engine, and concentrated fire from twin synchronized machine guns. Though difficult...		Croisilles, Pas-de-Calais Croisilles, Pas-de-Calais Croisilles is a village and commune in the Pas-de-Calais department of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A small farming village located 8 miles south of Arras at the junction of the D5 and D9 roads...
5	2 September 1918 @ 1015 hours		Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a		Villers
6	2 September 1918 @ 1245 hours		Sopwith Camel		Northeast of Barelle
7	16 September 1918 @ 0850 hours		Bristol F.2 Fighter Bristol F.2 Fighter The Bristol F.2 Fighter was a British two-seat biplane fighter and reconnaissance aircraft of the First World War flown by the Royal Flying Corps. It is often simply called the Bristol Fighter or popularly the "Brisfit" or "Biff". Despite being a two-seater, the F.2B proved to be an agile aircraft...		Northeast of Quiéry-la-Motte Quiéry-la-Motte Quiéry-la-Motte is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Quiéry-la-Motte is situated northeast of Arras, at the junction of the D39 and D48 roads...
8	30 October 1918 @ 1230 hours		Airco DH.9 Airco DH.9 The Airco DH.9 - also known after 1920 as the de Havilland DH.9 - was a British bomber used in the First World War...		Crespin Crespin, Nord -References:*...
9	4 November 1918 @ 1015 hours		Bristol F.2 Fighter		Vieux Rengts

Post World War I

Although Lange almost certainly survived the war, it is not known what became of him.