Kittel, Otto
- Date of birth:
- February 21st, 1917 (Kronsdorf/Sudetenland, Germany)
- Date of death:
- February 16th, 1945 (Dzukste/Kurland, Latvia)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Otto Kittel achieved 267 aerial victories in 583 sorties.
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 30th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- December 21st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer 2. / Jagdgeschwader 54
- Awarded on:
- March 18th, 1943
Award 2/174
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer 2. / Jagdgeschwader 54
- Awarded on:
- October 29th, 1943
918th Award
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Staffelführer I. / Jagdgeschwader 54
- Awarded on:
- April 11th, 1944
449th Award
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän 2. / Jagdgeschwader 54
- Awarded on:
- November 25th, 1944
113th Award
Sources
- Photo 1: Piloten Bunker
- Photo: Piloten Bunker
- - OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
- THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1997.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Kurowski F., Oberleutnant Otto Kittel, Der erfolgreichste Jagdflieger des Jagdgeschwaders 54, Flechsig Verlag, Würzburg, 2007
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001
- Patzwall K.D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Studien zur Geschichte der Auszeichnungen, Band 6, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008, ISBN 978-3-931533-08-3
- Piloten Bunker
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