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Name: Friedrich Lang
Order of the Iron Crown
Medal for Bravery
Military Merit Cross
Military Merit Medal
Friedrich Lang
Country: Austro-Hungarian Empire
Rank: Fregattenleutnant
Units: Durazzo Naval Air Station
Kumbor Naval Air Station
Pola Naval Air Station
Victories: 5
Born:  
Place of Birth: Austria
Died:  
Place of Death:  
 
 
Lang and Gottfried von Banfield were the Austro-Hungarian Empire's only Naval aces.
 
Victories
Date Time Unit Aircraft Opponent Location
1 22 Aug 1916 0800 Durazzo Lohner (L131) Farman Coast of Albania
2 22 Aug 1916 0805 Durazzo Lohner (L131) Farman Skumbi Estuary
3 19 May 1918 1545 Pola Phönix D.I (A115) Macchi M.5 E of Po Estuary
4 19 May 1918 1550 Pola Phönix D.I (A115) Macchi M.5 E of Po Estuary
5 12 Aug 1918 1555 Pola Phönix D.I (A117) Macchi L.3 W of Peneda
 
Books
Above the War Fronts
by Norman L. R. Franks, Russell Guest, Gregory Alegi / Hardcover / Grub Street (September 1997)
Air Aces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire 1914-1918
by Dr. Martin O'Connor / Hardcover / Flying Machines Press (January 1986)
Austro-Hungarian Aces of World War 1
by Chris Chant, Mark Rolfe (Illustrator) / Paperback / Osprey Publishing (February 25, 2002)
 
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