Audie Murphy | Timeline

Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II, receiving every military combat award for valor available from the U.S. Army, as well as French and Belgian awards for heroism. Murphy received the Medal of Honor for valor demonstrated at the age of 19 for single-handedly holding off an entire company of German soldiers for an hour at the Colmar Pocket in France in January 1945, then leading a successful counterattack while wounded and out of ammunition. (Intro from Wikipedia)

June 20, 1925 - Kingston, Texas - Audie Murphy is born

June 29, 1942 - Greenville - Accepted by the US Army =(START)

June 30, 1942 - Camp Wolters, 50 miles W of Forth Worth, Texas - Arrives at Camp Wolters

October 13, 1942 - Camp Wolters - Finishes basic training - earns Marksman badge with rifle clasp and expert badge with bayonet clasp

October 18, 1942 - Fort George G. Meade, Maryland - Arrives for advanced training

January 23, 1943 - Camp Kilmer, New Jersey - Processed through Camp Kilmer

February 8, 1943 - New York City(?) - Boards the transportship "Hawaiian Shipper"

February 20, 1943 - Rabat, Morocco - Arrives in Rabat - Assigned to B company, 1st battalion, 15th inf rgt - 3rd inf div

February 28, 1943 - Port Lyautey, Kenitra, Morocco - Reports to his assigned unit - new training site of the 3rd division

March 7, 1943 - Port Lyautey, Kenitra, Morocco - 3rd Division is sent to Port Lyautey

March 15, 1943 - Arzew, Algeria - The Division arrives in Arzew for training

May 1, 1943 - Constantine, NE Algeria - 15th regiment moves out

May 7, 1943 - Tunisian border - Moves into Tunisia - Promoted to Private 1st Class

May 9, 1943 - W of Ferryville-Bizerte-Tunis highways - The 15th is instructed to move

May 15, 1943 - Jemmapes-Philippeville area (Skikda, NE Algeria) - The 3rd division moves out of Tunisia and marches to Skikda area for training

June 1, 1943 - El Alia, near Bizerte, Tunisia - Training complete - moves to El Alia for final preparations

July 7, 1943 - Karouba, near Bizerte - The 15th regiment moves to the embarkation point

July 9, 1943 - Crossing the Mediterranean in rough weather

July 10, 1943 - Licata, Sicily - The 3rd Division lands at Licata, Sicily

July 11, 1943 - Campobello di Licata - Captures the town of Campobello di Licata

July 12, 1943 - Ravenusa | Sommatino - Towns taken

July 15, 1943 - Canicatti - Murphy kills 2 italian officers - Promoted to Corporal

July 16, 1943 - Agrigento - Truscott surrounds Agrigento

July 19, 1943 - Casteltermini - Drive to Palermo at quick pace advancing north of Aragona towards Casteltermini

July 21, 1943 - Corleone - Corleone captured

July 23, 1943 - Palermo - Company B arrives in Palermo

August 1, 1943 - Castel di Tusa - The 15th regiment passes through Trabia and stopps at Castel di Tusa

August 2, 1943 - Caronia - Advancing to Messina

August 3, 1943 - West bank of Furiano River - West bank of the Furiano River reached

August 4, 1943 - San Fratello area (east bank of Furiano river) - Battle of San Fratello

August 7, 1943 - San Fratello - Final assault on San Fratello - house-to-house fighting

August 8, 1943 - San Fratello ridge - The 3rd Division attacks the San Fratello ridge with little opposition

August 9, 1943 - San Marco D'alunzio - Advancing to Messina

August 10, 1943 - Mirto | Naso - Advancing to Messina

August 13, 1943 - "beyond" Messina - Advancing to Messina

August 15, 1943 - Messina - Takes positions "beyond" Messina

August 16, 1943 - Messina - Messina is Taken by Patton

August(?) 20(?), 1943 - Marsala | Trapani - Resting and preparing for invasion of Italy

September 20, 1943 - Sele River, S of Battipaglia - Murphy lands in Italy, part of the Salerno landings

September 21, 1943 - Battipaglia Area - Salerno Landings (Murphy kills 5 germans - 7 total?)

September 22, 1943 - Acerno - The Division attacks Acerno

September 28, 1943 - Volturara - 1st Battalion in Reserve

September 29, 1943 - Avellino - The remainder of the Division enters Avellino

October 6, 1943 - Mignano Monte lungo (Volturno Line) - The Division reaches the banks of the Volturno River

October 13, 1943 - Volturno River - Crossing the Volturno river at midnight

October 14, 1943 - NE of Piana di Caiazzo

October 17, 1943 - Hill 446 above Roccaromana

October 19, 1943 - Roccaromana - Desperate german last stand blocks the advance until October 22th

October 26, 1943 - Montecello - Montecello occupied

November 1, 1943 - Presenzano - Murphy enters the city

November 8, 1943 - Mt.Rotundo - Mount Rotundo captured after days of fierce german resistance

November 16, 1943 - San Felice - 3rd Division pulled back to rest

December 13, 1943 - San Felice - Murphy is promoted to Sergeant

December 30, 1943 - Pozzuoli, NE Napoli - The Division moves to Pozzuoli to conduct an intense amphibious program
January 16, 1944 - Beaches South of Salerno - From 16 to 19th, the 3rd Division rehearses for the invasion of Anzio
January 21, 1944 - Napoli - Murphy is hospitalized with Malaria - Promoted to Staff Sergeant
January 22, 1944 - Napoli - Murphy misses the Anzio landings
January 30, 1944 - Cisterna - Anzio Landings (1st battle of Cisterna)
March 2, 1944 - Cisterna - Murphy destroys a tank and its crew - Bronze Star with "V" device
March 13, 1944 - Hospitalized with a second bout of Malaria
April 1, 1944 - Torre Astura - Training
May 8, 1944 - Awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge and a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster for his Bronze Star
May 22, 1944 - Cisterna - 2nd battle of Cisterna
June 1, 1944 - Valmontone | Labico - Vamontone / Labico in allied hands
June 4, 1944 - Rome - Liberation of Rome. Murphy and his platoon stays through July
August 4, 1944 - SW of Rome - Transfer
August 8, 1944 - Out of Italy - Moves out
August 15, 1944 - Ramatuelle, France - Operation Dragoon (Murphy kills 8 germans - 13 total?) - Distinguished Service Cross
August 28, 1944 - Montélimar - offensive battle - Presidential Unit Citation
September 15, 1944 - Genevreuille, NE France - 1st Purple Heart after being wounded on the heel by a mortal shell blast
October 2, 1944 - L'Omet - Murphy kills 4 germans (17 total?) - Awarded the Silver Star
October 5, 1944 - L'Omet (hill) - offensive battle - directing his men under fire with a radio - Bronze oak leaf cluster for his silver star
October 14, 1944 - Bruyères | Brouvelieures - Battlefield commission to second Lieutenant - elevated to Platoon leader
October 26, 1944 - Bruyères | Brouvelieures - 1 sniper killed (18 total?) - Wounded by sniper
October 29, 1944 - Aix-en-Provence - Hospital and Surgery to remove gangrene in his hip wound
January 14, 1945 - Colmar Canal (bridgeheads W Rhine) - Rejoins his platoon - 16 days of battle
January 24, 1945 - Holtzwihr - german counterattack - Murphy is wounded on both legs
January 26, 1945 - Holtzwihr - Murphy holds a german company for an hour with a .50 machinegun - 50 of them are killed (68 total) - Medal of Honor action
February 4, 1945 - Biesheim - Murphy kills 6 germans (74 total?)
February 16, 1945 - Colmar - Promoted to First Lieutenant
February 18, 1945 - Colmar - Murphy is awarded the "Legion of Merit"
March 5, 1945 - Nancy - Distinguished Service Cross | Silver Star
March 11, 1945 - Nancy - Assigned as Liaison Officer (non-combat)
May 24, 1945 - Nancy(?) - An inquiry is sent to the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Versailles, France, inquiring as to the feasibility of Murphy's enrolling in the US Military Academy
June 2, 1945 - Salzburg - Murphy receives the Medal of Honor | Legion of Merit
June 8, 1945 - Salzburg(?) - Receives orders to report to Fort Sam Houston
June 13, 1945 - Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio - Arrival in Fort Sam Houston
July 2, 1945 - McKinney, Texas - Murphy is the star attraction at the 2 to 4 July rodeo

July 16, 1945 - Audie Murphy becomes a national celebrity after being Life Magazine cover story
July 17, 1945 - Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio - Back for duty
August 21, 1945 - Receives the Good Conduct Medal
September 21, 1945 - Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio - Murphy's Army discharge
June 17, 1947 - San Antonio, Texas(?) - Medical examination reveals symptoms of headaches, vomiting and war nightmares
February 8, 1949 - Murphy marries Wanda Hendrix
February 22, 1949 - Premiere of "Bad Boy", Murphy's first movie in a leading role

July 1(?), 1950 - Austin, Texas - Begins 2nd military career as a captain in the 36th Inf Div of Texas National Guard
March 16, 1951 - Premiere of "Red Badge of Courage"
April 11, 1951 - Murphy and Wanda Hendrix divorce, because of his post traumatic stress disorder
April 18, 1951 - 4 days later, Murphy married Pamela Archer
October 1, 1951 - transfered to inactive status at his request because of film commitments
August 17, 1955 - San Antonio, Texas - World Premiere of the movie "To Hell and back" at the Majestic Theatre
February 14, 1956 - Murphy is promoted to Major in US Army reserve
July 1, 1957 - Transfers back to inactive status
November 7, 1966 - Separation from the National Guard. Army reserve next day
May 22, 1969 - Murphy retires from the US Army reserve
May 18, 1970 - Burbank, California - Murphy is charged for assault to commit murder, by the Burbank Police
October 1(?), 1970 - Burbank, California - Murphy is acquitted of all charges at his trial
May 28, 1971 - Brush Mountain, Catawba, Virginia - Audie Murphy dies in an air accident, aged 45 =(END)

Kurt Knispel | Timeline

Kurt Knispel (20 September 1921 – 28 April 1945) was a Sudeten German tank loader, gunner and later commander, who became the highest scoring tank killer of World War II, with 168 enemy tanks destroyed. Knispel has been relatively unknown for decades because as a non-commissioned officer, he had a lower rank and fewer decorations than most of the tank commanders. Knispel was known for loathing the discipline of military life, not being a member of the NSDAP or moved for decorations. His promotions in the Wehrmacht may have been also frozen after he assaulted an officer who was being specially harsh to soviet prisoners.

September 20, 1921 - Salisfeld (Salisov), czechoslovakia - Kurt Knispel is born

May 15, 1940 - Sagan (Zagan-POL)?| Putlos - Knispel starts basic training

September 30, 1940 - Sagan (Zagan-POL)?| Putlos - Knispel finishes basic training

October 1, 1940 - Sagan (Zagan-POL)?| Putlos - transfer - 3 ableitung - 29 PZ Rg - 12 Pz Division =(START)

March 12, 1941 - Camp Warthe, near Posen (Poznan) - Training continues at Camp Warthe

March 26, 1941 - Meseritz (Miedzyrzecz) - NE Frankfurt an der Oder - Training continues at Meseritz

May 1(?), 1941 - Warthe District - Knispel’s 12th Panzer Division passes through Arys (Orzysz), Rastenburg (Kętrzyn) and Angerburg (węgorzewo)

June 11, 1941 - Sagan (Zagan-POL)?| Putlos - Tank and gunning Training complete

June 12, 1941 - Rastenburg - East Prussia - The 12th Panzer Division moves to Rastenburg

June 20, 1941 - East Prussia - The division moves to the border, arriving on June 22nd

June 26, 1941 - Minsk - The 12th Panzer Division enters in Minsk from the north

June 28, 1941 - After advancing to southwest, the division joins Panzergruppe 2

June 30(?), 1941 - North of Minsk - Knispel's unit gets some days to rest

July 7, 1941 - North of Minsk - Back in combat. Knispel's tank is hit twice

July 20, 1941 - between Mogilev and Smolensk - Knispel's unit breaks through between Mogilev and Smolensk and helps surrounding the russians

July 21, 1941 - Babruysk (SE Minsk) - The soviet army attacks the division in Babruysk

August 20, 1941 - Narva - moves out - Northern Sector of the Eastern Front - 12 Pz Div

August 25, 1941 - Highway S of Leningrad - First combats on the Northern sector

August 28(?), 1941 - Mga - Orders to suspend the approach to Leningrad - Attack to Schlisselburg

August 29(?), 1941 - Mga - Knispel's unit is surrounded at Mga

September 5(?), 1941 - West of Schlisselburg - Knispel destroys 4 tanks on the first attack to Schlisselburg

September 8, 1941 - Schlisselburg - Schlisselburg is captured

November 1(?), 1941 - West of Tikhvin - The first combats for Tikhvin start

November 8, 1941 - Tikhvin - Tikhvin is captured, to cut russian supply lines

November 29, 1941 - Tikhvin - Kurt Knispel is awarded the Panzer Assault Badge

December 1, 1941 - Tikhvin - East of Leningrad - Soviet Attack

December 16, 1941 - Tikhvin - Knispel is awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class, after a decisive combat

December 19, 1941 - Tikhvin - Soviet attack to take Tikhvin, mostly IL-2 - Germans begin retreating across the Volkhov

December 23, 1941 - On the way to Estonia - As Knispel's unit retreats, it is attacked during all the way, under -38ºC

December 27, 1941 - Narva - Knispel reaches Estonia

January 3, 1942 - Narva - Knispel departs for offensive operations

January 4, 1942 - Kingisepp - Moves out

January 13, 1942 - Volkhov River | Tikhvin - Moves to Front

March 1(?), 1942 - Narva - Back at Narva - Signs of Spring - the unit is reequiped with Pz IV, armed with 75mm cannons

April 17, 1942 - Volkhov River | Tikhvin - Combats in the forest, with many russian snipers - Knispel commands a tank temporarily

May 17, 1942 - Knispel departs for Narva to take a train back to Germany

May 18, 1942 - Krasnogvardeysk (Gatchina) - On his way to Germany

May 20(?), 1942 - Narva - Knispel arrives at Narva and takes the train to Germany

May 22(?), 1942 - Elbing | Elblag - On his way to Germany

May 23(?), 1942 - Frankfurt | Oder - On his way to Germany

May 24(?), 1942 - Sagan (Zagan-POL)?| Putlos - Arrival to destination - Knispel's leave (it would last a week)

June 5(?), 1942 - Burg, Magdeburg - Transfered to the III.Ableitung - 4th Panzer Regiment - 13th Panzer Division

July 11, 1942 - Dresden - The Battalion (Ableitung) takes the train to the Front, via Dresden

July 12, 1942 - Katowice - Arrival in Katowice, via Breslau

July 13, 1942 - Kraków - Delay during the passage through Kraków

July 15(?), 1942 - Lviv(?) - Travelling to Stalino (Donetsk, Ukraine)

August 4, 1942 - Stalino (Donetsk) - The train of the III Company arrives in Stalino

August 5(?), 1942 - Rostov-na-Donu - Approaching the Front in the Caucasus

August 6(?), 1942 - Salsk (SE Rostov) - Approaching the Front in the Caucasus

August 8(?), 1942 - Kurganinsk, NE Maykop - Kurganinsk is taken

August 9, 1942 - Maykop - The 13th Panzer Division assaults Maykop

August 13, 1942 - Sablinskoye (N of Pyatiosrsk) - Terek River Sector - The 13th Panzer Division is withrawn from the frontline

November 12, 1942 - Gisel - W of Vladikavkaz - The battalion is surrounded and takes heavy casualties, but it is saved by other german units. Knispel comes out of the heavy fighting with 12 enemy tanks destroyed, since the war started.

November 15, 1942 - Gisel - At the same time that weather and snow, aswell as russian resistance, prevents german advance. Knispel's unit receives orders to deliver their tanks and head to Germany to receive new tanks.
Rumours spread about the situation in Stalingrad, but also about the soviet intention of retaking Rostov-na-Donu and cut the german retreat from the Caucasus.

November 22, 1942 - Rostov-na-Donu - The 3rd Battalion is attached to the 1st regiment, 4th Panzer Division in Von Kleist and Mackensen's 1st PanzerArmee

November 27(?), 1942 - Kraków - Knispel arrives in Kraków on leave

December(?) 1(?), 1942 - Salisov, Altvater Mountains (CZE) - On leave in the Altvater Mountains with his Family

January 10, 1943 - Sagan (Zagan-POL)?| Putlos - Knispel returns to Putlos Artillery School and is transfered to the 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion

January 12(?), 1943 - Salisov, Altvater Mountains (CZE) - Knispel returns to Salisov to enjoy a few more days with his Family

January 24, 1943 - Salisov, Altvater Mountains (CZE) - End of his 14-days licence with is Family

January 31, 1943 - Sagan (Zagan-POL)?| Putlos - Return to his unit. Training with the Tiger I heavy Tank

Knispel on Tiger I

April 14, 1943 - Bogodukhov - NW Kharkov - Returns to the Front, in the region of Kharkov (Battle of Kharkov)July 5, 1943 - Kursk - Assigned to the 1st Company - 7th Panzer Division - Operation Zitadelle, South FlankJuly 14, 1943 - Belgorod-Kursk Main Road - The battalion reaches the main road from Belgorod to KurskJuly 16, 1943 - The german withrawal begins (lasts until September)September 30, 1943 - Snamenka (E of Kiev?)October(?) 5(?), 1943 - Kiev Area - The unit moves to KievNovember 3, 1943 - Kiev Area - The Soviet offensive begins and the Second Battle of Kiev startsNovember 5(?), 1943 - Kiev - The Battalion retreats from Kiev - The City is taken by the russians the following day

November 8(?), 1943 - Zhytomyr - The Battalion retreats from Zhytomyr - The City is taken by the russians the following day

November 9(?), 1943 - Berdychiv? - S of Zhytomyr - The Battalion settles outside of Zhytomyr

November 19, 1943 - Zhytomyr - The City is recaptured by the germans

December 30(?), 1943 - Zhytomyr - The Battalion retreats from Zhytomyr - the City is retaken by the russians the following day

January 15, 1944 - Vinnitsa - Knispel's unit under command of Franz Bäke

February 10, 1944 - Schubennyj

February 11, 1944 - Bosovka-Frankovka-Bushanka Road - Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket

February 13, 1944 - Chishinzy - Attack by T-34's

February 14, 1944 - Dzhurzhentsy - Advance to the town in 2 columns

February 23, 1944 - Alum-Podolsky - Retreating from Cherkassy and passing through Jambol

March 2, 1944 - Proskurov - Knispel arrives at Proskurov

March 25, 1944 - Kamenets-Podolsk - Withrowing from Pocket

April 25, 1944 - Sagan (Zagan-POL)?| Putlos - Transfer to the western front - Knispel's unit is reequiped with the King Tiger Heavy Tank

May 9, 1944 - Paderborn - The 503rd Battalion arrives at Paderborn, later to Ohrdruf

May 14, 1944 - Ohrdruf - Knispel tries the KingTiger for the first time

May 15, 1944 - Ohrdruf - Dinner at the Mess with presence of General Guderian

Knispel, with the German Cross in  Gold

May 20, 1944 - Ohrdruf - Knispel is awarded the German Cross in Gold, and promoted to Feldwebel

July 8, 1944 - Dreux, France - The Battalion departs for Normandy

July 11, 1944 - Caen, France - Arrival in Normandy

July 18, 1944 - Cagny - During Operation Goodwood
July 30, 1944 - Saint-Pierre sur Dives (SE Caen) - The Battalion is forced to retreat towards St-Pierre.

August 15, 1944 - Ticheville (E of Falaise) - Hans Fendesack, Knispel's tank commander, is killed by an air-attack with rockets

August 16, 1944 - Ticheville (E of Falaise) - Knispel and comrades repel a french attack to the barn where they sleep

August 20, 1944 - Ticheville (E of Falaise) - Several KingTigers have to be destroyed - the personnel retreats on foot. After saving several crews, many times with long range cannon shots, the last functional KingTiger is Knispel's

August 30(?), 1944 - German border - The personnel of the 503rd arrives in Germany

September 5(?), 1944 - Paderborn - The Battalion is refitted and divided in companies. Knispel departs on leave

September 22, 1944 - Paderborn - The Battalion receives the last of 45 new KingTigers

October 8, 1944 - Paderborn - End of preparations - The Battalion is loaded on trains and departs for Budapest

October 14, 1944 - Budapest - Arrival at Budapest

October 18, 1944 - Törökszentmiklós (E of Szolnok) - Advance to Southeast

October 19, 1944 - Mezötúr - Advance to Southeast

October 20, 1944 - Kisújszállás - Advance to Southeast

October 21, 1944 - Mezötúr - Heavy street fighting

October 31, 1944 - Szolnok | Cegléd - Withrawing to the West

November 1, 1944 - Kecskemét - Combat with IS-2 heavy tanks

December 3, 1944 - Balatonkenese (E of lake Balaton) - moves out

February 11, 1945 - Balatonkenese (E of lake Balaton) - Moves North to participate in Operation Südwind

February 25, 1945 - NW of Budapest

March 15, 1945 - Tohol (Tehla) - SE of Nitra - Soviet attacks and combat until 26-3-1945

March 28, 1945 - Nitra - Extensive damage to KingTigers

March 31, 1945 - Báb Castle - Between Nitra and Trnava - Knispel's KingTiger is hit 24 times!!!

April 1, 1945 - Trnava - Fierce fighting

April 5, 1945 - W of Apfeldorf - March to Schlossberg - attack repelled on Marvaor

April 6, 1945 - Novy Dvor - Withrawing to farm area

April 9, 1945 - Lansdorf Area (E of Vienna) - Withrawing

April 11, 1945 - Lanzhot (CZE) - Combat with soviets

April 12, 1945 - Zisterdorf (SE Laa)| Breclav (CZE) - Relocated to Oil Fields

April 13, 1945 - Breclav (CZE) - 16 soviet tanks knocked out

April 15, 1945 - Wilfersdorf (SE of Laa) - 4 KingTigers back into service by maintenance

April 18, 1945 - Erdberg (W of Bratislava) - Relocated

April 19, 1945 - Erdberg (W Bratislava) - Counterattack to the North - 13 soviet tanks knocked out

April 20, 1945 - Poysdorf

April 22, 1945 - Laa-an-der-Thaya | Vlasatice

April 27, 1945 - Vlasatice - 6 sovier tanks destroyed

April 28, 1945 - Urabau, Czechoslovakia - Knispel is hit and gravely wounded

April 29, 1945 - Vrborec - Kurt Knispel dies of his wounds in hospital, aged 23, ten days before the end of World War II =(END)

Walter Nowotny | Timeline

Major Walter "Nowi" Nowotny (7 December 1920 – 8 November 1944) was an Austrian-born German fighter ace of World War II. He is credited with 258 aerial victories—that is, 258 aerial combat encounters resulting in the destruction of the enemy aircraft—in 442 combat missions. Nowotny achieved 255 of these victories on the Eastern Front and three while flying one of the first jet fighters, the Messerschmitt Me 262, in the Defense of the Reich. He scored most of his victories in the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, and approximately 50 in the Messerschmitt Bf 109. (Intro from Wikipedia)

December 7, 1920 - Gmünd, Austria - Walter Nowotny is born
January(?) 1(?), 1925 - Schwarzenau - Nowotny family moves to Schwarzenau
August 1, 1936 - Berlin - Nowotny visits the 1936 Summer Olympics
May 1(?), 1938 - Laa an der Thaya - Receives diploma of Laa an der Thaya Secondary School
October 1, 1939 - Quedlinburg - Joins the Luftwaffe - begins training at the 2.Flieger-Ausbildungsregiment 62
November 16, 1939 - Breslau-Schöngarten - Continues training at Luftkriegschule 5
March 1, 1940 - Promoted to Fahnenjunker-Gefreiten
April 1, 1940 - Promoted to Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier
July 1, 1940 - Promoted to Fähnrich
August 1, 1940 - Wien-Schwechat - Trains as a fighter pilot at the Jagdfliegerschule 5
August 19, 1940 - Wien-Schwechat - Completes pilot traning and receives the pilot badge =(START)
November 16, 1940 - Merseburg (S of Halle, W of Leipzig) - Transfered to I./Ergänzungs-Jagdgruppe Merseburg
December 1, 1940 - Cazaux (S of Toulouse, France) - Posted to Ergänzungsstaffel (Training/Supplement Squadron) of Jagdgeschwader 54 under the command of Hannes Trautloft
February 23, 1941 - Le Mans - Transfered to 9./JG 54
March 3, 1941 - Cherbourg-Querqueville - 9./JG 54 moves out
March 10, 1941 - Le Mans - 9./JG 54 moves out

March 25, 1941 - Le Mans - Begins flying with the Stabsstafel of JG 54
March 29, 1941 - Graz-Thalerhof - JG 54 Stabsstafel moves out
April 1, 1941 - Graz-Thalerhof - Promoted to Leutnant - JG 54 Stabsstafel moves out
April 14, 1941 - Deta-Arad (S of Timisoara?) - JG 54 Stabsstafel moves out
April 15, 1941 - Pancevo, NE Belgrade - JG 54 Stabsstafel moves out
April 19, 1941 - Belgrade-Semlin - JG 54 Stabsstafel moves out
May 4, 1941 - Stolp-Rietz (W of Innsbruck) - JG 54 Stabsstafel moves out
June 15, 1941 - Trakehnen, E of Gusev (Kaliningrad Oblast) - JG 54 Stabsstafel moves out
June 24, 1941 - Kowno (Kaunas, Lithuania) - JG 54 Stabsstafel moves out
June 28, 1941 - Dünaburg (Daugavpils, Latvia) - JG 54 Stabsstafel moves out
July 8, 1941 - Ostrow - JG 54 Stabsstafel moves out
July 19, 1941 - Wereteni, 50km E-SE of Pskov - 2 I-15 shot down NW of Arensburg (Kuressaare) + 1 I-15 uncredited (2 total) - Nowotny is shot down by Alexandr Avdeev - JG 54 Stabsstafel moves out
July 22, 1941 - Latvian coast, Gulf of Riga - after spending 3 days in a dinghy, once almost run down by a soviet destroyer, Nowotny reaches the coast
July 31, 1941 - Wereteni - 1 DB-3 shot down W of Malaya Vishera (3 total)
August 2, 1941 - Sarudinje (Zaruden'e, E-SE of Luga) - JG 54 Stabsstafel moves out
August 8, 1941 - Sarudinje - 2 MBR-2 shot down (5 total)
August 9, 1941 - Sarudinje - 1 DB-3 shot down 45km SE of Novgorod (6 total)
August 17, 1941 - Sarudinje - 2 DB-3 shot down over Lake Ilmen and SE of Novgorod (8 total)
August 19, 1941 - Sarudinje - 2 I-153 shot down W of Valday and NE of Demyansk (10 total)

September 7, 1941 - Siwerskaja (Siversky, S of Gatchina) - JG 54 Stabsstafel moves out
January 8, 1942 - Siwerskaja - 2 I-16 shot down S/NW of Morja (12 total)

March 10, 1942 - Siwerskaja - Transfered to 3./JG 54 from the Stabsstaffel
April 25, 1942 - Siwerskaja - 1 MiG-3 shot down (13 total)
April 26, 1942 - Siwerskaja - 1 Pe-2 shot down (14 total)
April 30, 1942 - Siwerskaja - 1 I-16 shot down (15 total)
May 11, 1942 - Siwerskaja - 1 P-40 shot down (16 total)
May 13, 1942 - Siwerskaja - 1 Yak-7 shot down over Lake Ladoga (17 total)
May 16, 1942 - Siwerskaja - 1 P-40 + 1 I-16 shot down (19 total)
May 28, 1942 - Siwerskaja - 1 I-16 shot down (20 total)

June 1(?), 1942 - Krasnogwardeisk (Gatchina) - Witness to Otto Kittel's long-distance marriage ceremony "Fertrauung", a German wartime policy
June 6, 1942 - Siwerskaja - 1 MiG-3 shot down (21 total)
June 7, 1942 - Siwerskaja - 1 Yak-7 shot down (22 total)
June 9, 1942 - Siwerskaja - 2 MiG-3 shot down (24 total)
June 11, 1942 - Siwerskaja - 1 Yak-1 shot down (25 total)
June 25, 1942 - Siwerskaja - 1 LaGG-3 shot down (26 total)

June 26, 1942 - Siwerskaja - 3 LaGG-3 shot down (29 total)
July 11, 1942 - Siwerskaja - 1 P-40 + 1 Il-2 shot down (31 total)
July 14, 1942 - Siwerskaja - Awarded the Luftwaffe Honor Goblet
July 20, 1942 - Siwerskaja - 2 LaGG-3 + 2 P-40 + 1 Yak-7 shot down (36 total)
July 21, 1942 - Siwerskaja - 1 MiG-3 shot down (37 total)
July 23, 1942 - Siwerskaja - 2 P-40 + 1 MiG-3 shot down (40 total)
July 25, 1942 - Siwerskaja - 1 MiG-3 + 1 Yak-7 shot down NE of Pushkin and S of Leningrad (42 total)
July 26, 1942 - Siwerskaja - 1 MiG-3 + 1 P-40 + 1 Il-2 shot down E-NE of Lyuban (45 total)
July 28, 1942 - Siwerskaja - 1 LaGG-3 + 1 MiG-3 shot down over Leningrad and SW of Kolpino (47 total)
August 2, 1942 - Siwerskaja - 3 MiG-3 + 3 I-16 + 1 LaGG-3 shot down S/SE of Leningrad and N of Pushkin (54 total)
August 7, 1942 - Siwerskaja - 1 LaGG-3 + 1 Il-2 shot down NE of Chudovo (56 total)
August 11, 1942 - Siwerskaja - 1 MiG-3 shot down E-SE of Staraya Russa (57 total)
September 4, 1942 - Siwerskaja - Awarded the Knights Cross
September(?) 12(?), 1942 - Vienna, Austria - Home leave
October 25, 1942 - Krasnowardeisk (Gatchina) - becomes Staffelkapitän of 1./JG 54
November 8, 1942 - Krasnowardeisk - 1 MiG-3 + 1 I-15 shot down over Borisovka (W of Belgorod) and Krysino (SE of Bohodukhiv) (59 total)
December 10, 1942 - Krasnowardeisk - 1 P-40 + 1 LaGG-3 shot down SE of Schlüsselburg and over Lake Ladoga (61 total)
January 7, 1943 - Krasnowardeisk - 1 I-16 shot down (62 total)
February 1, 1943 - Heiligenbeil (Mamonovo, SW Kaliningrad Oblast) - 3./JG 54 moves out. In their new FW190's, Nowotny, Schnörrer, Döbele and Rademacher form the "Teufelskette" (Chain of Devils) or Nowotny Schwarm - credited with 524 victories (most successful of the Luftwaffe)

March 1, 1943 - Staraya Russa, S of Lake Ilmen - 3./JG 54 moves out
March 2, 1943 - Staraya Russa - 1 I-16 shot down S of Lomonosov (63 total)
March 7, 1943 - Staraya Russa - 1 LaGG-3 + 1 Il-2 shot down S of Staraya Russa and SW of Demyansk (65 total)
March 9, 1943 - Staraya Russa - 2 MiG-1 shot down E of Leningrad (67 total)
March 14, 1943 - Staraya Russa - 2 LaGG-3 shot down SE of Staraya Russa (69 total)
March 15, 1943 - Staraya Russa - 3 LaGG-3 shot down SE/E-SE of Staraya Russa (72 total)
March 19, 1943 - Staraya Russa - 2 La-5 shot down NNE of Staraya Russa (74 total)
March 20, 1943 - Staraya Russa - 1 LaGG-3 shot down (75 total)

March 22, 1943 - Staraya Russa - 2 Il-2 + 1 LaGG-3 shot down E of Pushkin (78 total)

March 26, 1943 - Staraya Russa - 1 Spitfire shot down SE of Mga (79 total)

April 3, 1943 - Staraya Russa - 1 LaGG-3 + 1 MiG-3 shot down NE of Pushkin (81 total)

May 1(?), 1943 - Nikolskoye, SW of Mga - 3./JG 54 moves out
May 6, 1943 - Nikolskoye - 1 LaGG-3 shot down in the vicinity of Lomonosov (82 total)
May 27, 1943 - Nikolskoye - 1 LaGG-3 shot down SE of Leningrad (83 total)
June 1, 1943 - Nikolskoye - 3 LaGG-3 + 1 La-5 + 1 MiG-3 shot down SW/S of Volkhov and WSW of Schlüsselburg (88 total)
June 5, 1943 - Nikolskoye - 2 P-40 + 1 MiG-3 + 1 LaGG-3 shot down around Volkov and Schlüsselburg (92 total)
June 8, 1943 - Nikolskoye - 4 LaGG-3 + 2 P-40 shot down around Volkhov and Schlüsselburg (98 total)
June 15, 1943 - Nikolskoye - 3 LaGG-3 shot down over Borkij, W of Lomonosov (101 total)
June 17, 1943 - Nikolskoye - 3 LaGG-3 shot down S of Volkhov and WSW of Schlüsselburg (104 total)
June 18, 1943 - Nikolskoye - 1 Hurricane shot down S of Volkhov (105 total)
June 19, 1943 - Nikolskoye - 2 LaGG-3 + 1 La-5 shot down over Wolchowstroj, W of Volkhov (108 total)
June 21, 1943 - Nikolskoye - 3 La-5 + 3 LaGG-3 shot down W/NNW of Volkhov, Nowaja Ladoga, ENE of Chudovo and Wolchowstroj (W of Volkhov) (114 total)
June 24, 1943 - Nikolskoye - 4 LaGG-3 + 3 MiG-3 + 3 Yak-1 shot down over Wolchowstroj, vicinity of Volkhov (124 total)

June 26(?), 1943 - Orel - 3./JG 54 moves out in anticipation of Operation Citadel
August 9, 1943 - Orel - Awarded the Knights Cross with Oakleaves

August 11, 1943 - Orel - Nowotny temporarily assumes command of I.Gruppe when Oberleutnant Otto Vinzent is given command of 2.Staffel
August 12, 1943 - Orel - 3 La-5 + 1 Yak-1 shot down over Krysino, Achtyrka and Boromlja (NW of Grayvoron) (128 total)
August 13, 1943 - Orel - 6 LaGG-3 + 3 La-5 shot down around Bohodukhiv, Grayvoron, SE of Zolochiv, Borisovka and W of Belgorod (137 total)
August 14, 1943 - Orel - 2 La-5 + 1 Yak-7 shot down around Bohodukhiv (140 total)

August 15(?), 1943 - Poltava - 3./JG 54 moves out

August 15, 1943 - Poltava - 3 La-5 shot down N/NW/W of Bohodukhiv (143 total)

August 16, 1943 - Poltava - 2 La-5 shot down NW of Bohodukhiv and E of Utrikowo (145 total)

August 18, 1943 - Poltava - 2 LaGG-3 + 2 Il-2 + 1 La-5 + 1 MiG-3 shot down E of Bohodukhiv and NW of Kharkov (151 total)

August 19, 1943 - Poltava - 3 P-39 shot down SE of Achtyrka and NW of Bohodukhiv (154 total)

August 21, 1943 - Poltava - 4 La-5 + 2 LaGG-3 + 1 Il-2 shot down around Bohodukiv and S of Grayvoron (161 total) - Nowotny is made Gruppenkommandeur of I./JG 54

August 23, 1943 - Poltava - 2 LaGG-3 shot down NW of Kharkov (163 total)

August 24, 1943 - Poltava - 2 La-5 + 1 LaGG-3 shot down WNW of Grayvoron (166 total)

August 25, 1943 - Poltava - 1 Boston shot down E of Bohodukhiv (167 total)

August 29, 1943 - Poltava - 2 LaGG-3 + 1 P-39 shot down SE of Sevsk and over Dobropolje (170 total)
August 31, 1943 - Poltava - 1 Yak-9 + 1 La-5 + 1 Il-2 shot down SE/SW of Yelnya (173 total)
September 1, 1943 - Poltava - 5 LaGG-3 + 4 Yak-1 + 1 Yak-9 shot down around Yelnya (183 total)
September 2, 1943 - Poltava - 4 Il-2 + 2 LaGG-3 shot down around Yelnya and NE of Schatalowka (189 total)
September 5, 1943 - Poltava - 1 LaGG-3 shot down SW of Yelnya (190 total)

September 6, 1943 - Poltava - 1 Yak-9 + 1 LaGG-3 shot down WSW of Dugino (192 total)

September 7, 1943 - Poltava - 2 La-5 + 1 Il-2 shot down SE of Yelnya and S of Utrikowo (195 total)

September 8, 1943 - Poltava - 3 La-5 + 2 Il-2 shot down W of Kirov and SW of Spas-Demensk (200 total)

September 10, 1943 - Poltava - 1 La-5 shot down NE of Moschna (201 total)

September 11, 1943 - Poltava - 1 Yak-9 + 1 La-5 shot down SW of Kirov and Spas-Demensk (203 total)

September 14, 1943 - Poltava - 4 La-5 + 1 Yak-9 + 1 Pe-2 shot down E of Seschtschinskaja, SSW of Yelnya and NE of Dyatkovo (209 total)

September 15, 1943 - Poltava - 3 Il-2 + 1 Yak-9 + 1 La-5 + 1 Pe-2 shot down around Yelnya, S of Smolensk and SE of Kritschew (215 total) - Nowotny is officially appointed Gruppenkommandeur of I.Gruppe

September 17, 1943 - Poltava - 2 La-5 + 1 Yak-9 shot down around Yelnya (218 total) - Awarded the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

September 21, 1943 - Poltava - Promoted to Hauptmann
September 22, 1943 - Führerhauptquartier, Rastenburg-East Prussia - Receives the Swords from Hitler himself (planned Oak leaves ceremony becomes "swords ceremony")

October 1, 1943 - Vitebsk - I./JG 54 moves out
October 5, 1943 - Vitebsk - 1 Yak-9 shot down WSW of Schlüsselburg (219 total)
October 7, 1943 - Vitebsk - 3 P-39 + 1 P-40 shot down SE of Woschiwka, SW of Toropa and over Borok (223 total)
October 9, 1943 - Vitebsk - 6 P-39 + 2 Il-2 shot down around Nevel, SE of Lake Ssennizu, W of Ljuschkowo, N of Kossedenje, SW of Tosno and E of Krutiki (231 total)
October 11, 1943 - Vitebsk - 2 P-40 + 1 P-39 + 1 LaGG-3 shot down SW of Wolokolamsk, SW of Frolowo, NE of Bruj and NE of Gorowatka (235 total)
October 12, 1943 - Vitebsk - 3 LaGG-3 shot down N of Nikolskoje and NE of Gorki (238 total)
October 13, 1943 - Vitebsk - 5 La-5 + 1 Il-2 shot down E/NE of Gorki and around Lenin (244 total)
October 14, 1943 - Vitebsk - 2 La-5 + 2 LaGG-3 + 2 P-40 shot down S/SE of Lyadoff, N of Tsukino, NNE of Krassnyj and S of Markowo (250 total) - While celebrating in the Ria Bar, Nowotny receives a phonecall from Hitler, awarding him the diamonds
October 19, 1943 - Wolfsschanze, Rastenburg - East Prussia - Nowotny receives the diamonds from Hitler himself

October 20, 1943 - Vienna, Austria - Nowotny goes on a short vacation to Vienna
October 29, 1943 - Vitebsk - Nowotny presents the Knights Cross to Oberfeldwebel Otto Kittel
November 5, 1943 - Vitebsk - 3 Yak-9 shot down over Lake Lawessno, Witebsk-Orscha and E of Tscherung (253 total)
November 10, 1943 - Vitebsk - 1 Yak-9 + 1 Il-2 shot down over Nevel and E of Nossikowo (255 total)
November 12, 1943 - Vitebsk - 1 Yak-9 shot down S of Lake Lawessno (256 total)
December 1(?), 1943 - Berlin(?) - Nowotny is sent on a propaganda Tour in Germany
December 7, 1943 - Berlin - Nowotny awards the Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes to Locomotive engineer August Kindervater, durin an event for the "Day of the Railwayman" at the "Theater des Volkes" in Berlin
December 20(?), 1943 - Bad Eilsen, Between Hanover and Bielefeld - Visits the Focke-Wulf production site. Meets Professor Kurt Tank
January 11, 1944 - Vienna, Austria - Hanns Blaschke, mayor of Vienna, awards Nowotny the city's ring of honor
January(?) 20(?), 1944 - Zella-Mehlis - official visit to Büromaschinenfabrik (office machinery factory)
April 1(?), 1944 - Pau, Southern France - Nowotny is made Gerschwaderkommodore of JG 101 and commander of Jagsfliegerschule 1 - a lufwaffe fighter training school
September 1(?), 1944 - Achmer, NNW of Osnabrück - Reinstated to front-line service. Promoted to Major and appointed Kommandeur of "Kommando Nowotny"
October 7, 1944 - Achmer - 1 B-24 shot down NW of Bramsche (257 total)
November 8, 1944 - Epe, E of Hesepe - 1 B-17 + 1 P-51 shot down (259 total) - After shooting down a B-17 and a P-51, Nowotny reports one engine failing and fire. It's not entirely clear if he is shot down, but he is killed. Officially credited with 258 aerial victories, Nowotny had about 50 other claims unconfirmed =(END)

Otto Kittel | Timeline

Otto "Bruno" Kittel (21 February 1917 – 16 February 1945) was a World War II Luftwaffe flying ace. He flew 583 combat missions on the Eastern Front, claiming 267 aerial victories, making him the fourth highest scoring ace in aviation history. Kittel claimed all of his victories flying the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 against the Red Air Force. (Intro from Wikipedia)

February 21, 1917 - Kronsdorf, Sudetenland (Krasov, NW of Opava) - Otto Kittel is born

January 1(?), 1939 - ? - Kittel joins the Luftwaffe

November 1(?), 1939 - ? - Kittel begins flying training

January 1(?), 1941 - ? - Kittel completes his flying training

February 12, 1941 - Westerland, Sylt Island, northern Germany - Joins 2./JG 54 as Unteroffizier =(START)

April 1(?), 1941 - Jever, NW Germany - 2./JG 54 moves out

May 9, 1941 - Groningen, Netherlands - 2./JG 54 moves out

May 31, 1941 - Groningen - Kittel bails out over Spiekeroog (East Frisian Islands) with technical difficulties

June 15, 1941 - Lindenthal, near Rautenberg (Uzlovoe, E Kaliningrad Oblast) - 2./JG 54 is withrawn to begin preparations for Operation Barbarossa

June 24, 1941 - Lindenthal - 2 Tupolev SB-2 bombers shot down SE of Maloarkhangelsk (2 total)

June 25, 1941 - Schaulen (Šiauliai, N Lithuania) - 2./JG 54 moves out

June 30, 1941 - Schaulen - 2 unconfirmed victories (Il-2 + SB-2) near Daugavpils - Awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class

July 1, 1941 - Biržai, N Lithuania - 2./JG 54 moves out

July 5, 1941 - Schwaneburg (Gulbene, NE Latvia) - 2./JG 54 moves out

July 6, 1941 - Schwaneburg - 1 SB-2 shot down (3 total)

July 10, 1941 - Korowje-Selo - 2./JG 54 moves out

July 17, 1941 - Sarudinje - 2./JG 54 moves out

July 29, 1941 - Mal. Owsischtschi (Samra-See) - 2./JG 54 moves out

August 18, 1941 - Mal. Owsischtschi - 1 MiG-1 shot down (4 total)

August 19, 1941 - Mal. Owsischtschi - 1 DB-3 shot down (5 total)

August 24, 1941 - Lissino - 1 DB-3 shot down (6 total) - 2./JG 54 moves out

September 8, 1941 - Siwerskaja (Siversky, S of Gatchina) - 1 R-5 + 1 I-153 shot down E of Lake Schinskoje (8 total) - 2./JG 54 moves out

September 12, 1941 - Siwerskaja - 1 I-153 shot down (9 total)

September 21, 1941 - Siwerskaja - 1 MiG-1 shot down over Leningrad (10 total)

October 13, 1941 - Siwerskaja - 1 MiG-1 shot down (11 total)

October 22, 1941 - Krasnogwardeisk (Gatchina) - 2./JG 54 moves out (stays for 2 years) - Awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class

December 13, 1941 - Krasnogwardeisk - 1 DB-3 shot down (12 total)

December(?) 20(?), 1941 - Elbing, East Prussia - Spends his leave in Elbing with his fiancée in the Winter of 1941/42

February 27, 1942 - Krasnogwardeisk - 1 I-16 shot down (13 total)

March 20, 1942 - Krasnogwardeisk - 2 P-40 shot down (15 total)

May 14, 1942 - Krasnogwardeisk - 2 SB-2 shot down (17 total)

June 1(?), 1942 - Krasnogwardeisk - Married to his fiancé Edith, by means of a long-distance ceremony known as "Fertrauung", a German wartime policy. Walter Nowotny and Hans Philipp were his witnesses

August 23, 1942 - ? Krasnogwardeisk - 1 Il-2 shot down 15km S of Zubtsov (18 total)

September 7, 1942 - Krasnogwardeisk - 1 Il-2 shot down 10km SE of Gatchina (19 total)
September 23, 1942 - Krasnogwardeisk - 1 I-16 shot down 30km N of Volkhov (20 total)
October 22, 1942 - Krasnogwardeisk - 1 Il-2 shot down (21 total)

December 21, 1942 - Krasnogwardeisk - Awarded the Luftwaffe Honor Cup for outstanding achievements in aerial combat
January 12, 1943 - Krasnogwardeisk - 3 Il-2 + 1 Yak-1 + 1 I-153 + 1 U-2 shot down around Schlüsselburg and East of Mga (27 total)
January 14, 1943 - Krasnogwardeisk - 1 La-5 shot down 25km E-SE of Schlüsselburg (28 total)
January 16, 1943 - Krasnogwardeisk - 1 Il-2 shot down SW of Schlüsselburg (29 total)
January 24, 1943 - Krasnogwardeisk - 1 La-5 shot down SE of Schlüsselburg (30 total)
January 26, 1943 - Krasnogwardeisk - 1 Il-2 shot down SW of Schlüsselburg (31 total)
February 1, 1943 - Heiligenbeil (Mamonovo, SW Kaliningrad Oblast) - 2./JG 54 moves out. Conversion to the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-4
February 11, 1943 - Heiligenbeil - 1 Il-2 shot down over Pushkin-Mga (32 total)
February 14, 1943 - Heiligenbeil - 2 Il-2 shot down NW of Lubań (34 total)
February 15, 1943 - Heiligenbeil - 1 Il-2 shot down 10km N of Tosno (35 total)
February 19, 1943 - Heiligenbeil - 1 Yak-7 + 1 LaGG-3 + 1 La-5 + 1 Pe-2 shot down NE of Lubań and E-SE of Mga (39 total)
February 21, 1943 - Heiligenbeil - 1 1 I-16 shot down W of Mga (40 total)
March 1, 1943 - Staraya Russa, S of Lake Ilmen - 2./JG 54 moves out
March 7, 1943 - Staraya Russa - 2 LaGG-3 shot down E-SE of Staraya Russa and E-SE Novgorod (42 total)
March 10, 1943 - Staraya Russa - 1 LaGG-3 + 1 MiG-3 shot down NE of Staraya Russa (44 total)
March 14, 1943 - Staraya Russa - 2 LaGG-3 shot down E-SE of Staraya Russa (46 total)
March 15, 1943 - Staraya Russa - 1 MiG-3 shot down E-NE of Staraya Russa (47 total) - Kittel's FW190 suffers engine failure - lands 60km inside soviet lines - evades detection speaking czech and a little russian
March 18, 1943 - Staraya Russa - Kittel crosses the frozen lake and makes it to the german lines at Staraya Russa. He is promoted to Oberfeldwebel and awarded the German Cross in Gold
April 1, 1943 - Staraya Russa - 2 Il-2 shot down S of Chudovo and SE of Mga (49 total)
May 1, 1943 - Nikolskoye, SW of Mga - 2./JG 54 moves out
June 11, 1943 - Nikolskoye - 1 La-5 shot down SE of Leningrad (50 total)
June 18, 1943 - Nikolskoye - 1 P-40 shot down SW of Volkhov (51 total)
June 22, 1943 - Nikolskoye - 2 Il-2 shot down S/E of Gatchina (53 total)
June 24, 1943 - Nikolskoye - 2 P-40 shot down ENE of Schlüsselburg (Shlisselburg, E of Leningrad) and W of Volkhov (55 total)

June 26(?), 1943 - Orel - 2./JG 54 moves out
July 5, 1943 - Orel - 2 Il-2 + 1 La-5 + 1 LaGG-3 shot down SW of Maloarkhangelsk, W of Voltcansk and N of Kursk (59 total)
July 7, 1943 - Orel - 2 P-40 + 1 P-39 shot down around Maloarkhangelsk and NNW of Kursk (62 total)
July 9, 1943 - Orel - 2 Il-2 shot down SSW/NW of Maloarkhangelsk (64 total)
July 10, 1943 - Orel - 2 LaGG-3 shot down SW/WNW Maloarkhangelsk (66 total)
July 13, 1943 - Orel - 4 Il-2 shot down SE/E-SE of Oryol (70 total)
July 16, 1943 - Orel - 3 La-5 shot down NW of Bolkhov and SE/E-SE of Zhizdra (73 total)
July 17, 1943 - Orel - 1 Yak-9 + 1 La-5 shot down WNW of Bolkhov and NE of Karachev (75 total)
July 20, 1943 - Orel - 1 Yak-9 + 1 LaGG-3 shot down S of Mtsensk (77 total)
July 27, 1943 - Orel - 1 Il-2 shot down NNE of Karachev (78 total)
July 28, 1943 - Orel - 2 Il-2 shot down NE of Karachev (80 total)
August 1, 1943 - Orel - 1 Yak-9 shot down W of Bolkhov (81 total)
August 2, 1943 - Orel - 2 LaGG-3 + 1 La-5 shot down E-SE of Karachev and E-SE of Dmitrovsk (84 total)
August 3, 1943 - Orel - 1 La-5 + 1 P-39 shot down E of Dmitrovsk and WSW of Bolkhov (86 total)
August 4, 1943 - Orel - 3 LaGG-3 + 3 Il-2 + 1 La-5 shot down NW of Karachev and SE of Zhizdra (93 total)
August 5, 1943 - Orel - 1 LaGG-3 shot down NNE of Karachev (94 total)

August 15(?), 1943 - Poltava - 2./JG 54 moves out
September 7, 1943 - Poltava - 1 Yak-9 + 1 LaGG-3 shot down N of Yartsevo and SE of Shatalovka (96 total)
September 8 1943 - Poltava - 1 P-40 shot down E-SE of Maklok (97 total)
September 11, 1943 - Poltava - 1 LaGG-3 shot down S of Kirov (98 total)
September 12, 1943 - Poltava - 1 LaGG-3 shot down E-SE of Kirov (99 total)
September 14, 1943 - Poltava - 1 Yak-9 + 1 La-5 + 1 LaGG-3 shot down NE of Moschna, E of Shatalovka and SSW of Yelnya (102 total)
September 15, 1943 - Poltava - 2 Pe-2 shot down NW of Yelnya and S of Smolensk (104 total)
September 30, 1943 - Poltava - 1 Il-2 shot down SE of Andrejewo (105 total)
October 1, 1943 - Vitebsk - 2./JG 54 moves out
October 5, 1943 - Vitebsk - 1 Yak-9 + 1 LaGG-3 shot down NE of Zelenogorsk (107 total)
October 11, 1943 - Vitebsk - 1 LaGG-3 shot down (108 total)
October 12, 1943 - Vitebsk - 3 LaGG-3 shot down NE of Gorki (111 total)
October 13, 1943 - Vitebsk - 1 R-5 shot down NW of Krassnyj (NNE of Krasnoye) (112 total)
October 14, 1943 - Vitebsk - 2 LaGG-3 shot down NE of Gorki (114 total)
October 15, 1943 - Vitebsk - 3 LaGG-3 + 1 Il-2 shot down NW of Usswjaty and S of Gorki (118 total)
October 17, 1943 - Vitebsk - 1 LaGG-3 shot down SE of Nevel (119 total)
October 19, 1943 - Vitebsk - 1 LaGG-3 shot down over Lake Ssennitza (120 total)
October 22, 1943 - Vitebsk - 1 La-5 shot down NE of Orsha (121 total)
October 23, 1943 - Vitebsk - 1 La-5 shot down (122 total)
October 28, 1943 - Vitebsk - 1 LaGG-3 shot down SW of Gomel (123 total)
October 29, 1943 - Vitebsk - Oberfeldwebel Kittel is awarded the Knights Cross by Walter Nowotny for reaching 120 aerial victories

November 1, 1943 - Vitebsk - Promoted to Leutnant (Second Lieutenant)
November 5, 1943 - Vitebsk - 2 Il-2 + 1 LaGG-3 shot down SW/NW of Nevel and NW of Lake Ssennitza (126 total)
November 6, 1943 - Vitebsk - 1 Il-2 shot down SSE of Nevel (127 total)
December 1(?), 1943 - Biarritz, SW France - Appointed Chief Instructor of the Ergänzungs-Jagdgruppe Ost, a supplementary training unit for fighter pilots destined for the Eastern Front

December 31, 1943 - Biarritz - Kittel takes off to intercept american bombers but doesn't get involved in air fights
February 9, 1944 - Orsha, Belarus (SW of Smolensk) - With the help of Hannes Trautloft, inspector of fighter aviation on the Eastern Front who visited 1./JGr at Biarritz, Kittel returns to JG 54 as Staffelkapitan of 3.Staffel

February 14, 1944 - Wesenberg (Rakvere, Estonia) - 3./JG 54 moves out

March 5, 1944 - Wesenberg - 1 La-5 shot down SW of Narva (128 total)
March 6, 1944 - Wesenberg - 1 La-5 shot down (129 total)
March 7, 1944 - Wesenberg - 1 Yak-9 + 1 Il-2 shot down over the Baltic Sea, NW of Hungerburg (131 total)
March 8, 1944 - Wesenberg - 2 La-5 shot down SW of Narva and S of Slancy (133 total)
March 19, 1944 - Wesenberg - 2 Yak-9 shot down ove Lake Peipus (135 total)
March 26, 1944 - Wesenberg - 1 Yak-9 + 2 R-5 shot down near Lake Peipus and SW of Narva (138 total)

March 28, 1944 - Wesenberg - 1 Yak-9 shot down over the Black Sea, NE of Kunda (139 total)
March 30, 1944 - Wesenberg - 2 La-5 + 1 Pe-2 shot down over the Baltic Sea NE of Kunda, NW of Hungerburg and W of Gorodok (142 total)
April 1, 1944 - Wesenberg - 1 Yak-9 shot down W of Gorodok (143 total)
April 2, 1944 - Wesenberg - 2 La-5 + 2 Pe-2 shot down over the Gulf of Finland and E of Kunda (147 total)
April 4, 1944 - Wesenberg - 2 LaGG-3 + 2 Il-2 + 1 La-5 shot down over the Baltic Sea, NE/NW of Kunda and W of Hungerburg (152 total)
April 11, 1944 - Wesenberg - Awarded the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves
April 24, 1944 - Wesenberg - 1 Yak-9 + 1 La-5 shot down over the Baltic Sea, NE of Kunda and NW of Hungerburg (154 total)
May 5, 1944 - Berghof, Berchstesgaden - Kittel receives the Oak Leaves from Hitler Personally
May 26, 1944 - Wesenberg - 1 La-5 shot down over the Baltic Sea, NE of Hungerburg (155 total)

May 29, 1944 - Wesenberg - 2./JG 54 of Gruppe I is detached and subordinated to Gruppe III, which was fighting on the Western Front
May 30, 1944 - Wesenberg - 1 La-5 + 1 Pe-2 shot down over the Baltic Sea, NW of Hungerburg (157 total)
June 2, 1944 - Wesenberg - 1 LaGG-3 shot down S of Narva (158 total)
June 5, 1944 - Wesenberg - 1 Yak-9 shot down over the Black Sea, NE of Kunda (159 total)

June 6, 1944 - Wesenberg - 1 P-39 shot down (160 total)
June 23, 1944 - Reval-Laksberg - 3./JG 54 Moves out
June 27, 1944 - Polozk (Polatsk, N Belarus) - 3./JG 54 Moves out
June 28, 1944 - Polozk - 3 Il-2 + 2 P-39 shot down (165 total)
June 29, 1944 - Polozk - 1 P-39 shot down (166 total)
June 30, 1944 - Polozk - 2 Il-2 + 1 Yak-9 + 1 P-39 shot down (170 total)
July 1, 1944 - Dünaburg (Daugavpils, SE Latvia) - 1 P-39 shot down over Novorzhev/Pskov (171 total) - 3./JG 54 moves out
July 2, 1944 - Dünaburg - 1 P-39 shot down over Novorzhev/Pskov (172 total)
July 3, 1944 - Dünaburg - 1 P-39 + 1 Il-2 shot down over Novorzhev/Pskov (174 total)
July 4, 1944 - Dünaburg - 1 P-39 + 1 Il-2 shot down near Polotsk (176 total)
July 10, 1944 - Dünaburg - 1 P-39 shot down S of Subat (177 total)
July 16, 1944 - Dünaburg - 1 P-39 + 1 Il-2 shot down (179 total)
July 18, 1944 - Dünaburg - 2 Yak-9 shot down S of Ostrov (181 total)
July 21, 1944 - Dünaburg - 2 Yak-9 + 1 Il-2 shot down NW of Utsyani (184 total)
July 22, 1944 - Dünaburg - 3 Il-2 shot down near Daugavpils (187 total)
July 24, 1944 - Dünaburg - 2 Pe-2 shot down (189 total)
July 25, 1944 - Jakobstadt (Jekabpils, Latvia) - 3./JG 54 Moves out
July 29, 1944 - Jakobstadt - 2 Pe-2 shot down near Svedasai (191 total)
August 1, 1944 - Riga-Skulte - 3 Yak-9 shot down (194 total) - 3./JG 54 moves out
August 7, 1944 - Riga-Skulte - 1 Yak-9 shot down NE of Kreuzburg (195 total)
August 15, 1944 - Riga-Skulte - 2 Yak-9 + 1 Il-2 shot down (198 total)
August 17, 1944 - Riga-Skulte - 1 Pe-2 shot down (199 total)
August 25, 1944 - Riga-Skulte - 1 P-39 shot down (200 total)
August 26, 1944 - Riga-Skulte - 1 Yak-9 + 1 La-5 shot down (202 total)
August 27, 1944 - Riga-Skulte - 1 Il-2 shot down (203 total)
August 28, 1944 - Riga-Skulte - 3 Yak-9 shot down (206 total)
August 31, 1944 - Riga-Skulte - 3 Il-2 shot down W of Mitau (209 total)

September 1, 1944 - Riga-Skulte - A new 2./JG 54 is formed and placed under the command of Kittel
September 14, 1944 - Wenden (Cēsis, NE of Riga, Latvia) - 4 Il-2 + 2 Yak-9 shot down E of Weissenstein, NE of Walk and NNW of Kreuzburg (215 total) - 3./JG 54 moves out
September 15, 1944 - Wenden - 2 Il-2 shot down S of Riga and SE of Mitau (217 total)
September 16, 1944 - Wenden - 1 Il-2 shot down NE of Pasewalk (218 total)
September 17, 1944 - Wenden - 2 Pe-2 + 1 P-39 shot down SSE of Riga and N of Pasewalk (221 total)
September 20, 1944 - Wenden - 2 Yak-9 shot down SE of Riga (223 total)
September 22, 1944 - Riga-Spilve - 1 La-5 shot down SE of Riga (224 total) - 3./JG 54 moves out
September 28, 1944 - Riga-Spilve - 3 Pe-2 + 1 Yak-9 shot down SE of Mālpils and E-SE of Riga (228 total)
September 30, 1944 - Riga-Spilve - 2 Il-2 + 1 Yak-9 shot down E-SE of Mālpils and E-SE of Riga (231 total)

October 1(?), 1944 - Riga-Spilve - Kittel temporarily leads Gruppe I during the absence of the Gruppencommandeur Franz Eisenach, who was given home leave
October 3, 1944 - Tukums, W of Riga - 3./JG 54 Moves out
October 7, 1944 - Tukums - 1 Yak-9 shot down W of Wenden (232 total)
October 9, 1944 - Tukums - 5 Il-2 shot down NE and SE of Riga (237 total)
October 10, 1944 - Tukums - 2 Il-2 + 1 La-5 shot down E/NE of Riga (240 total)
October 14, 1944 - Tukums - 1 La-5 shot down NE of Riga (241 total)
October 16, 1944 - Tukums - 3 Il-2 + 1  La-5 shot down SW of Mitau and S/SW of Tukkum (245 total)
October 17, 1944 - Tukums - 1 La-5 shot down SSW of Mitau (246 total)
October 18, 1944 - Tukums - 2 Il-2 shot down N of Telšiai (248 total)
October 22, 1944 - Tukums - 1 Il-2 shot down SE of Libau (249 total)
October 27, 1944 - Tukums - 3 Il-2 + 2 Pe-2 + Yak-9 shot down NNE of Telšiai,  E of Libau (256 total)
October 29, 1944 - Tukums - 6 Il-2 shot down E/SE of Libau and S of Goldingen (262 total)
October 30, 1944 - Tukums - 3 Il-2 shot down E/SE of Libau (265 total)

November 19, 1944 - Tukums - 1 La-5 shot down (266 total)
November 25, 1944 - Tukums - Kittel is awarded the Knights Cross with oak leaves and swords, and promoted to Oberleutnant

December(?) 1(?), 1944 - Kronsdorf, Sudetenland (Krasov, NW of Opava) - Spends leave with his family in the Sudetenland
January(?) 30(?), 1945 - Zabeln (Sabile, WNW of Tukums) - Returns to the front as commander of 2./JG 54 

February 14, 1945 - Zabeln - 1 Il-2 shot down over the vicinity of Džūkste (267 total)
February 16, 1945 - SW Džūkste, Lithuania - While attacking an Il-2 in company of an inexperienced wingman, Kittel is unexpectedly followed and attacked by a pair of Il-2s. The FW190 is hit in the cockpit at low altitude and high speed by Lieutenant Vadim Komendat. Although perhaps incapacitated, he managed to unfasten his seat belts, but wasn't able to drop the canopy and bail out. The aircraft crashed and exploded, killing him instantly, aged 27 =(END)