Look for information about Joseph Bisping and Erhard Lange

[Andreas1984]

What I have:

BISPING:
- born: 22.03.1913 in Emsdetten/Westfalen died: 14.02.1945 in Berlin
- Knight's cross at 22.10.1941 as an Oberleutnant in the 4.(F)/reconnaissance group of the commander-in-chief of the German Airforce
- last rank: Hauptmann (Captain)

LANGE:
- born: 31.03.1913 died: 29.09.1972
- Knight's cross at 15.01.1943 as an Oberleutnant and chief of a company in a Kampfgruppe of the Abwehr II

I would be very thankful for getting additional information.
Yours sincerely,

Andreas

[Jan-Hendrik]

http://www.ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.d ... Joseph.htm

Jan-Hendrik

[Doktor Krollspell]

Hello Andreas!

This is what Helmuth Spaeter has to say about Erhard Lange in his "Panzerkorps Großdeutschland - A Pictorial History" (1990), and I quote:

Lange, Erhard, First Lieutenant

Defense Command BR, Knight's Cross 1/15/1943. Nearly five months - from August to December of 1942 - First Lieutenant Lange was the leader of the "Schamil" operation witha special command before the German lines in the Caucasus area near Grossny, and returned with the results of reconnaissance via dangerous routes.

In Veit Scherzer's "Ritterkreuzträger" (2005) it says...

Lange, Erhard. Recieved the RK on 15.01.1943 as an Oberleutnant d.R. while Kp. Chef in einem Sonderkdo. des OKW, Ag Auslandsnachrichten u. Abwehr, Abw.Abt.II

Last rank that of Hauptmann d.R.


Regards,

Krollspell

[Bernd R]

Andreas,

compiling the award lists for the "Brandenburger" I came across Erhard Lange.
Didn't include him directly to a certain Brandenburg unit because I regarded this
"Sonderkommando des OKW" as a singulary built unit.

Found these two sites/links with very interesting info about Lange and "Operation Schamil"
(obviously Lange and his men were recruited from a Brandenburg training unit)
http://www.politikforum.de/forum/archiv ... 84487.html
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/1084/ ... /dir43.htm

regards, Bernd

[Andreas1984]

Thanks for answering.
Regards

Andreas

[Heimatschuss]

Hello,

here a small hint on Erhard Lange. Before WW II he'd belonged to the Werksschutz (factory security) of the steel works in Leoben-Donawitz (Styria). Lange was the head of their detective branch.

Erhard Lange.jpg (124.72 KiB) Viewed 1160 times

Source: Werkszeitung Reichswerke AG Alpine Montanbetriebe 'H.G.'; 17.Jahrgang (1943); Heft 3-4, p.13
http://www.anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/a ... 29&size=45

Best regards
Torsten

[joerg]

Bisping: Few infos can be found here http://ww2.dk/Lw%20Offz%20A-F%202015.pdf