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)

Gerhard Barkhorn | Timeline

Gerhard "Gerd" Barkhorn (20 March 1919 – 8 January 1983) was the second most successful fighter ace of all time after fellow Luftwaffe pilot Erich Hartmann. Barkhorn flew 1,104 combat sorties and was credited with 301 victories on the Eastern Front against the Soviet Red Air Force piloting the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190D-9. He flew with the famed Jagdgeschwader 52 (JG 52—Fighter Wing 52), alongside fellow aces Erich Hartmann and Günther Rall.

March 20, 1919 - Königsberg - Gerhard Barkhorn is born
January(?) 1(?), 1937 - ? - Joins the Luftwaffe as Fahnenjunker
March 1, 1938 - ? - Begins flying training
March(?) 16(?), 1940 - Magdeburg-Ost - Finishes training and is posted to 3./JG2 Squadron =(START)
May 12, 1940 - Ferschweiler (South of Bitburg, Germany) - 3./JG2 moves out
May 14, 1940 - Bastogne, Belgium - 3./JG2 moves out
May 20, 1940 - Signy-le-Petit (NW of Charleville-Mezières) - 3./JG2 moves out
May 31, 1940 - Guise - 3./JG2 moves out
June 1, 1940 - Couvron (NW of Laon) - 3./JG2 moves out
June 13, 1940 - Oulchy-le-Chateau (South of Soissons) - 3./JG2 moves out
June 15, 1940 - Marigny (Sézanne) - 3./JG2 moves out
June 21, 1940 - Évreux - 3./JG2 moves out
August 1, 1940 - Nordholz - Assigned to 6./JG 52 on the Channel front

August 6, 1940 - Peuplingues - 6./JG 52 moves out
August 18, 1940 - Jever - 6./JG 52 moves out
August 30, 1940 - Aalborg, Denmark - 6./JG 52 moves out
September 1, 1940 - Husum - 6./JG 52 moves out
September 19, 1940 - Stade (West of Hamburg) - 6./JG 52 moves out
September 25, 1940 - Peuplingues - 6./JG 52 moves out
October 29, 1940 - Barkhorn is shot down over the English Channel, but is picked up by a schnellboat
November 5, 1940 - Mönchengladbach - 6./JG 52 moves out
December 22, 1940 - Leeuwarden, Netherlands - 6./JG 52 moves out
January 15, 1941 - Ypenburg, The Hague - 6./JG 52 moves out
February 10, 1941 - Berck-sur-Mer - 6./JG 52 moves out
February 26, 1941 - Mâle (Northeast of Le Mans) - 6./JG 52 moves out
March 6, 1941 - Maldegem (East of Brugges) - 6./JG 52 moves out
April 15, 1941 - Raversijde, Ostend - 6./JG 52 moves out
April 27, 1941 - Katwijk - 6./JG 52 moves out
May 24, 1941 - Raversijde - 6./JG 52 moves out
June 9, 1941 - Suwalki | Sobolewo, Poland - 6./JG 52 moves out
June 25, 1941 - Varena - 6./JG 52 moves out
June 28, 1941 - Molodelzno (Minsk) - 6./JG 52 moves out
July 2, 1941 - Molodelzno - 1 DB-3 shot down (1 total)
July 3, 1941 - Sloboda - 6./JG 52 moves out
July 5, 1941 - Lepel - 6./JG 52 moves out
July 12, 1941 - Kamary (Vitebsk) - 6./JG 52 moves out
July 28, 1941 - Kamary (Vitebsk) - 1 I-16 shot down (2 total)

July 29, 1941 - Kamary (Vitebsk) - 1 DB-3 shot down (3 total)

August 5, 1941 - Soltzy - 6./JG 52 moves out
August 19, 1941 -  Soltzy - 1 MiG-1 shot down (4 total)
August 20, 1941 - Spasskaja-Polist - 6./JG 52 moves out
August 22, 1941 - Spasskaja-Polist - 1 Il-2 shot down (5 total)

August 25, 1941 - Spasskaja-Polist - 1 MiG-1 + 1 I-153 shot down (7 total)

September 2, 1941 - Ljuban - 6./JG 52 moves out
September 23, 1941 - Ljuban - 1 MiG-1 shot down (8 total)
September 30, 1941 - Stabna - 6./JG 52 moves out
October 4, 1941 - Stabna - 1 DB-3 shot down (9 total)
October 12, 1941 - Dugino - 6./JG 52 moves out
October 16, 1941 - Kalinin-Süd(west) - 6./JG 52 moves out
October 30, 1941 - Staritza - 6./JG 52 moves out
November 4, 1941 - Rusa - 6./JG 52 moves out
November 30, 1941 - Klin - 6./JG 52 moves out - 6./JG 52 moves out - 1 MiG-3 shot down (10 total)
December 14, 1941 - Dugino - 6./JG 52 moves out
January 20, 1942 - Jesau - 6./JG 52 moves out

March 1, 1942 - Jesau - Barkhorn is transferred and apponted Staffelkapitän (squadron leader) of 4.Staffel of JG 52
April 14, 1942 - Pilsen - 4./JG 52 moves out
April 24, 1942 - Vienna-Schwechat - 4./JG 52 moves out
May 4, 1942 - Zürichtal/Crimea - 4./JG 52 moves out
May 14, 1942 - Kharkov-Süd - 4./JG 52 moves out
May 16, 1942 - Artemovsk - 4/JG 52 moves out - 1 MiG-1 shot down (11 total)
May 18, 1942 - Artemovsk - 1 R-5 shot down (12 total)
May 23, 1942 - Barwenkowo - 4./JG 52 moves out
May 25, 1942 - Barwenkowo - 1 Il-2 shot down (13 total)
May 26, 1942 - Barwenkowo - 1 LaGG-3 + 1 Il-2 shot down east of Protopopowka (15 total)
May 27, 1942 - Barwenkowo - 1 Pe-2 + 1 MiG-1 shot down NE of Petrovskaja (17 total)
June 1, 1942 - Grakowo - 4./JG 52 moves out
June 5, 1942 - Grakowo - 1 MiG-1 shot down (18 total)
June 9, 1942 - Grakowo - 1 LaGG-3 shot down (19 total)
June 11, 1942 - Grakowo - 1 LaGG-3 shot down (20 total)
June 14, 1942 - Grakowo - 1 LaGG-3 shot down (21 total)
June 22, 1942 - Grakowo - 5 LaGG-3 shot down over Kupiansk (26 total)
June 23, 1942 - Grakowo - 1 Yak-1 shot down (27 total)

June 24, 1942 - Grakowo - 2 LaGG-3 shot down (29 total)

June 25, 1942 - Grakowo - 1 LaGG-3 shot down (30 total)

June 26, 1942 - Belyi-Kolodes - 4./JG 52 moves out  - 1 LaGG-3 shot down (31 total)
June 30, 1942 - Belyi-Kolodes - 2 LaGG-3 shot down (33 total)
July 1, 1942 - Belyi-Kolodes - 1 LaGG-3 + 1 Il-2 + 1 Hurricane + 1 Boston shot down (37 total)
July 2, 1942 - Belyi-Kolodes - 2 LaGG-3 shot down (39 total)
July 3, 1942 - Ssowy - 4./JG 52 moves out
July 4, 1942 - Ssowy - 2 LaGG-3 shot down (41 total)

July 5, 1942 - Ssowy - 1 Hurricane shot down (42 total)

July 6, 1942 - Ssowy - 1 LaGG-3 shot down (43 total)

July 8, 1942 - Artemowsk - 4./JG 52 moves out
July 9, 1942 - Artemowsk - 1 LaGG-3 shot down (44 total)

July 10, 1942 - Artemowsk - 1 LaGG-3 shot down (45 total)

July 14, 1942 - Chazepetowka - 4./JG 52 moves out
July 17, 1942 - Taganrog - 4./JG 52 moves out
July 19, 1942 - Taganrog - 3 LaGG-3 + 2 Hurricane + 1 I-16 shot down over Rostov (51 total)
July 20, 1942 - Taganrog - 5 LaGG-3 shot down (56 total)
July 21, 1942 - Taganrog - 1 I-16 shot down (57 total)
July 22, 1942 - Nowy Cholan - 4./JG 52 moves out  - 1 Hurricane shot down (58 total)
July 23, 1942 - Nowy Cholan - 2 LaGG-3 + 1 I-153 shot down (61 total)

July 24, 1942 - Nowy Cholan - 2 LaGG-3 + 1 I-16 shot down (64 total)

July 25, 1942 - Nowy Cholan - Barkhorn is wounded in combat on his Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4

July 26, 1942 - Olympiapark, Berlin - Taken to hospital, installed at the Olympiapark Berlin
August 23, 1942 - Olympiapark, Berlin - Barkhorn is awarded the Ritterkreuz (Knight's Cross) in hospital for his 64 victories
October 7, 1942 - Maykop - Returns to action - 4 LaGG-3 shot down over Gunaiberg and NE of Tuapse (68 total)
October 9, 1942 - Maykop - 1 I-16 shot down S of Nelkokow (69 total)
October 20, 1942 - Maykop - 1 R-5 shot down SE of Tuapse (70 total)
October 24, 1942 - Ssoldatskaja - 4./JG 52 moves out
October 25, 1942 - Ssoldatskaja - 2 LaGG-3 shot down SE of Slepsowskaja (72 total)
October 26, 1942 - Ssoldatskaja - 2 LaGG-3 shot down E of Aponka, over Bataku-Jurt (74 total)

October 29, 1942 - Maykop - 4./JG 52 moves out  - 1 Yak-1 shot down N of Altebinal (75 total)
October 30, 1942 - Maykop - 2 LaGG-3 + 1 Yak-1 shot down S of Lazarevskoye, E of Schatschi and SW of Alexejewka (78 total)
November 3, 1942 - Maykop - 1 LaGG-3 shot down N of Tuapse (79 total)
November 10, 1942 - Maykop - 1 LaGG-3 shot down SE of Lazarevskoye (80 total)
November 15, 1942 - Maykop - 1 LaGG-3 shot down SE of Lazarevskoye (81 total)
November 26, 1942 - Morosowskaja-West - 4./JG 52 moves out
November 28, 1942 - Morosowskaja-West - 1 P-40 shot down NE of Bussinowka (82 total)
November 30, 1942 - Morosowskaja-West - 1 P-40 + 1 LaGG-3 + 1 Yak-1 shot down W of Tundutow, S of Kauschino and N of Wertjatschi (85 total)
December 2, 1942 - Morosowskaja-West - 1 Yak-1 shot down S of Tundutow (86 total)
December 8, 1942 - Morosowskaja-West - 1 P-40 shot down S of Prudboy (87 total)
December 10, 1942 - Morosowskaja-West - 1 P-40 shot down east of Barizynskij (88 total)
December 11, 1942 - Morosowskaja-West - 3 Yak-1 shot down W/NW Kulpinskij (91 total)
December 12, 1942 - Simowniki - 4./JG 52 moves out
December 13, 1942 - Simowniki - 2 P-40 + 1 Il-2 shot down NW of Ssamochin, S of Kamenko and N of Tschilekow (94 total)
December 17, 1942 - Kutelnikowo - 4./JG 52 moves out  - 3 Yak-1 shot down W of Abganerovo, N of Shutov 2, E of Werch (97 total)
December 18, 1942 - Kutelnikowo - 2 Yak-1 shot down E of Werch, W of Shutowo (99 total)
December 19, 1942 - Kutelnikowo - 2 P-40 shot down S of Sety and S of Turguta (101 total)
December 20, 1942 - Kutelnikowo - 1 LaGG-3 shot down E of Gratschij (102 total)
December 26, 1942 - Simowniki - 4./JG 52 moves out
December 30, 1942 - Gigant - 4./JG 52 moves out
January 9, 1943 - Gigant - 2 Yak-1 shot down NW of Zimovniki, over Remontnaja (104 total)
January 10, 1943 - Gigant - 1 Yak-1 shot down over Remontnaja (105 total)
January 11, 1943 - Gigant - Barkhorn is awarded the Oak Leaves (Eichenlaub) for his Knight's Cross, after reaching 105 victories
January 20, 1943 - Ssernowoje - 4./JG 52 moves out
January 22, 1943 - Rostov - 4./JG 52 moves out
February 1, 1943 - Nikolayev - 4./JG 52 moves out
February 4, 1943 - Nikolayev - 1 Yak-4 shot down NE of Korsetschy-Chomuty (106 total)
February 7, 1943 - Nikolayev - 1 Il-2 shot down NE of Budjonowka (107 total)
February 11, 1943 - Nikolayev - 2 LaGG-3 + 1 I-16 + I-153 shot down SW of Eriwanskaja, SE/NE Gelendzhik and SE of Novorossiysk (111 total)
February 12, 1943 - Nikolayev - 2 Yak-1 + 2 I-16 shot down SE/E of Kabardinka, SE of Peltawskaja and NW of Iwanowskaja (115 total)
February 13, 1943 - Nikolayev - 1 Yak-1 shot down NW of Georgije, Afipskaja (116 total)
February 22, 1943 - Nikolayev - 2 LaGG-3 shot down E of Schirokoja-Balka (118 total)

February 26, 1943 - Nikolayev - 1 LaGG-3 shot down SW of Kabardinka (119 total)
February 27, 1943 - Nikolayev - 1 Yak-1 shot down NW of Staromyschastowskaja (120 total)
April 27, 1943 - Anapa - 4./JG 52 moves out
April 28, 1943 - Anapa - 1 LaGG-3 shot down E of Mingrelskaja (121 total)
April 29, 1943 - Anapa - 3 LaGG-3 shot down NE of Mingrelskaja, NW of Nowo-Iwanowskoje and N of Kholmskaya (124 total)
April 30, 1943 - Anapa - 1 Spitfire + 1 LaGG-3 shot down N of Kholmskaya, SW of Usun (126 total)
May 9, 1943 - Anapa - 1 LaGG-3 shot down over Kruglik (127 total)
May 28, 1943 - Anapa - 1 Spitfire + 1 Yak-1 shot down SE/E Kijewskoje (129 total)
May 29, 1943 - Anapa - 1 Yak-1 + 1 Il-2 shot down NW of Krymskaja, E of Kijewskoje (131 total)
May 31, 1943 - Anapa - 1 P-39 + Yak-1 shot down S of Slawjanskaja, NW of Krymskaja (133 total)
June 8, 1943 - Anapa - 1 LaGG-3 shot down N of Anastasiewskaja (134 total)

June 10, 1943 - Anapa - 3 La-5 shot down over Abinskaja, N of Kijewskoje, E of Krymskaja (137 total)
July 30, 1943 - Anapa - 1 Yak-1 shot down SE of Kijewskoje (138 total)
August 2, 1943 - Anapa - 2 Yak-1 shot down E of Wagoltschik and over Kuybyshev (Samara, near Sumy) (140 total)
August 4, 1943 - Anapa - 2 La-5 shot down over Belgorod (142 total)
August 5, 1943 - Anapa - 2 Yak-1 + 1 La-5 shot down over Belgorod (145 total)
August 7, 1943 - Anapa - 3 La-5 + 1 Yak-1 shot down over Melinowka, Dorogoschtsch, Protopopowka and Sergejewka (149 total)
August 8, 1943 - Anapa - 2 Il-2 shot down over Bessonowka (151 total)
August 12, 1943 - Anapa - 1 La-5 shot down E of Bogodacha (152 total)
August 14, 1943 - Gostagajewskaja - 4./JG 52 moves out
August 21, 1943 - Gostagajewskaja - 1 La-5 + 1 Il-2 shot down over Kurykitschewo, E of Kalinowka (154 total)
August 22, 1943 - Gostagajewskaja - 1 La-5 shot down S of Krasnij-Oskol (155 total)
August 23, 1943 - Gostagajewskaja - 4 victories 4 La-5 shot down over Dolegaskaja, E of Krassnij-Oskol and E of Kamyschewicha (159 total)
August 24, 1943 - Anapa, Black Sea, W of Krasnodar - 4./JG 52 moves out  - 1 La-5 + 1 Yak-1 shot down E/S of Izium (161 total)
August 26, 1943 - Anapa - 1 Il-2 shot down NW of Anastasijewskaja (162 total)
September 1, 1943 - Anapa - Gerhard Barkhorn is appointed Gruppenkommandeur of II./JG 52

September 2, 1943 - Anapa - 1 Yak-9 shot down N of Besljudowka (163 total)
September 4, 1943 - Anapa - 1 Il-2 shot down N of Kotelwa (164 total)
September 5, 1943 - Anapa - 2 La-5 shot down (166 total)

September 6, 1943 - Anapa - 3 Yak-1 shot down NW/E of Taranowka and W of Ssokolowo (169 total)
September 8, 1943 - Anapa - 2 La-5 + 1 Il-2 shot down W of Andrejewka,E/SE Taranowka (172 total)
September 9, 1943 - Anapa - 1 La-5 + 1 Yak-1 shot down (174 total)

September 13, 1943 - Anapa - 2 Yak-1 shot down NW of Taranowka (176 total)

September 20, 1943 - Anapa - 1 R-5 shot down (177 total)

October 2, 1943 - Kertsch - II./JG 52 moves out
October 25, 1943 - Uman - II./JG 52 moves out
November 6, 1943 - Reichshof - II./JG 52 moves out
November 15, 1943 Reichshof - 2 Yak-1 shot down NW of Taman (179 total)

November 16, 1943 - Reichshof - 2 P-39 + 1 Yak-1 shot down E of Bakssy (182 total)
November 19, 1943 - Reichshof - 2 Yak-1 + 1 P-39 shot down S of Kerch, W of Taman (185 total)

November 20, 1943 - Reichshof - 2 Yak-1 + 1 P-39 shot down over Kerch and Kolonka (188 total)
November 21, 1943 - Reichshof - 1 Yak-9 + 1 Yak-1 shot down NW of Bakssy, NE of Bulganak (190 total)

November 26, 1943 - Reichshof - 3 Yak-1 shot down SW/SE of Kerch (193 total)
November 27, 1943 - Reichshof - 1 Yak-1 shot down east of Eltigen (194 total)
November 28, 1943 - Reichshof - 3 Yak-1 shot down E of Eltigen (197 total)

November 29, 1943 - Reichshof - 1 P-39 + 1 Yak-1 shot down W of Cape Taky and SE of Eltigen (199 total)

November 30, 1943 - Reichshof - 1 Yak-1 shot down W of Kolonka (200 total)
December 1, 1943 - Bagerowo, W of Kerch - II./JG 52 moves out - 1 Il-2 shot down SE of Eltigen (201 total)
December 2, 1943 - Bagerowo - 4 Yak-1 + 1 P-39 + 1 Il-2 shot down over Kossa Tusla, S/E Eltigen, Kamysh Burun and NW of Cape Takyi (207 total)
December 4, 1943 - Bagerowo - 2 Il-2 shot down E of Eltigen (209 total)
December 6, 1943 - Bagerowo - 1 Yak-1 + 1 Il-2 shot down W of Kossal Tusla, SE of Eltigen (211 total)
December 9, 1943 - Bagerowo - 1 Yak-1 + 1 Il-2 shot down S of Dshankoj, E of Kolonka (213 total)
December 17, 1943 - Bagerowo - 1 P-39 shot down NE of Bakssy (214 total)
December 27, 1943 - Bagerowo - 1 P-39 shot down NW of Bakssy (215 total)
December 28, 1943 - Bagerowo - 5 Yak-1 + 1 P-39 + 1 Il-2 shot down over Kertch, N of Bakssy, W/E of Cape Khroni, near Dshankoj and N of Cape Warsowka (222 total)
December 29, 1943 - Bagerowo - 2 Yak-1 + 1 Yak-9 + 1 P-39 shot down N of Katerles, E of Opassnaja, S of Bulganak and N of Dshankoj (226 total)
December 30, 1943 - Bagerowo - 2 Yak-1 shot down N/E Bulganak (228 total)
January 1, 1944 - Bagerowo - 3 Pe-2 + 1 Yak-1 shot down over Cape Tarchan, Cape Khroni and over the sea east of Kerch (232 total)
January 3, 1944 - Bagerowo - 1 Yak-1 shot down over Iljitsch (233 total)

January 12, 1944 - Bagerowo - 1 Il-2 shot down E of Bulganak (234 total)
January 18, 1944 - Bagerowo - 1 P-39 shot down over Kertsch (235 total)
January 23, 1944 - Bagerowo - 2 Yak-1 + 1 P-39 shot down around Kerch and Majak - Barkhorn completes 1,000 combat missions (238 total)
January 24, 1944 - Bagerowo - 1 Yak-1 shot down over Cape Tarchan (239 total)
January 25, 1944 - Bagerowo - 1 P-39 shot down over Kamysh Burun (240 total)

January 26, 1944 - Bagerowo - 1 P-39 shot down (241 total)

January 28, 1944 - Bagerowo - 1 P-39 shot down over Majak-Bakny (242 total)
February 10, 1944 - Bagerowo - 3 Yak-9 shot down E of Bulganak and over Bagerowo (245 total)
February 12, 1944 - Bagerowo - 2 Yak-9 + 2 Yak-1 shot down over Kerch, Majak-Bakny, NE of Bulganak, SE of Rusa (249 total)

Gerd Barkhorn receives congratulations for his 250th victory

February 13, 1944 - Bagerowo - 1 Yak-1 shot down over Adzymuskaj (250 total)

February 20, 1944 - Sarabus (Hvardiiske, Crimea) - II./JG 52 moves out

February 24, 1944 - Bagerowo - II./JG 52 moves out

February 25, 1944 - Bagerowo - 1 Pe-2 shot down (251 total)

February 27, 1944 - Grammatikowo - II./JG 52 moves out
March 2, 1944 - Grammatikowo - Barkhorn is awarded the "Schwerten" (Swords) to his Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
April 4, 1944 - Obersalzberg, Berchtesgaden, Germany - In Germany to receive the "Schwerten"
April 11, 1944 - Sevastopol-Chersones - II./JG 52 moves out
April 15, 1944 - Toksanie - II./JG 52 moves out
April 16, 1944 - Zilistea (Jiliște, Romania) - II./JG 52 moves out
April 24, 1944 - Zilistea - 1 Yak-7 + 1 Boston shot down over Sevastopol and Balaklava (253 total)
April 26, 1944 - Zilistea - 3 Yak-7 shot down S of Sevastopol, over Belbek (256 total)
April 27, 1944 - Zilistea - 1 Yak-7 shot down over Belbek/Sevastopol (257 total)
April 28, 1944 - Zilistea - 3 Yak-7 shot down E/SE of Sevastopol (260 total)
May 1, 1944 - Zilistea - 1 Yak-7 shot down S of Sevastopol (Balaklava) (261 total)
May 4, 1944 - Zilistea - 1 Yak-7 shot down SE of Sevastopol (262 total)

May 5, 1944 - Zilistea - 1 Yak-7 + 1 Il-2 shot down NE of Sevastopol, over Katscha (264 total)
May 6, 1944 - Zilistea - 1 Yak-7 shot down over Katscha (265 total)
May 8, 1944 - Zilistea - 1 Yak-7 + 1 Il-2 shot down over Balaklava, S of Sevastopol (267 total)
May 30, 1944 - Zilistea - 2 P-39 shot down N of Iasi, S of Tudora (269 total)
May 31, 1944 - Zilistea | Husi - 1 Yak-9 + 1 Yak-3 + 1 P-39 + 1 Il-2 shot down over Husi, S of Iasi, S of Tudora and S of Nyregynaza - Barkhorn is shot down and severely wounded in his 6th sortie of the day, escorting Rudel (aparently by soviet ace Pokryshkin). He is taken to a field hospital in Husi (273 total)

June 10(?), 1944 - Bad Wiessee, Southern Bavaria - Evacuated to Bad Wiessee for convalescence

September 9, 1944 - Bad Wiessee - Guest at Erich Hartmann's marriage
October 20(?), 1944 - Tiakta-Kanez, Hungary - Barkhorn leaves the hospital and returns to combat missions
October 26, 1944 - Tiakta-Kanez - 1 Yak-3 shot down S of Nyregynaza (274 total)
October 31, 1944 - Ferihery, Hungary - II./JG 52 moves out
November 2, 1944 - Csor, Hungary - II./JG 52 moves out
November 7, 1944 - Budaörs, Hungary - II./JG 52 moves out

653 victories together!!! Gerhard Barkhorn with the highest scoring
fighter pilot in Air war history, Erich Hartmann

November 14, 1944 - Budaörs - 2 Yak-9 shot down over Jászberény (276 total)

November 16, 1944 - Budaörs - 3 Il-2 + 2 Yak-9 shot down over Jászberény and SW of Gyöngyös (281 total)

November 17, 1944 - Budaörs - 2 La-5 shot down E-NW of Budapest, SW of Gyöngyös (283 total)

November 23, 1944 - Budaörs - 1 Il-2 shot down (284 total)

November 24, 1944 - Budaörs - 1 Pe-2 shot down (285 total)

December 9, 1944 - Csor - II./JG 52 moves out
December 22, 1944 - Veszprem - II./JG 52 moves out
December 25, 1944 - Veszprem - 2 Yak-9 shot down (287 total)

December 29, 1944 - Veszprem - 1 Il-2 + 1 Boston shot down (289 total)

January 1, 1945 - Bobolnapusta - II./JG 52 moves out
January 2, 1945 - Bobolnapusta -2 Il-2 + 1 Yak-9 shot down (292 total)

January 3, 1945 - Bobolnapusta - 2 Yak-9 + 2 Il-2 shot down (296 total)

January 4, 1945 - Bobolnapusta - 3 La-5 + 1 Yak-9 shot down (300 total)

January 5, 1945 - Bobolnapusta - 1 La-5 shot down (301 total)

January 16, 1945 - Sorau (Zary) - E of Cottbus - Barkhorn is transfered to the command of JG 6 Squadron in the Reich Defence sector (Reichverteidigung)
February 10, 1945 - Welzow, Niederlausitz (SW of Cottbus) - JG6 moves out
February 17, 1945 - Welzow, Niederlausitz (SW of Cottbus) - Photographed in his FW190D-9
March 1, 1945 - Reichenberg, Wurzburg - JG6 moves out
April 10, 1945 - Bad Wiessee, Bavaria - Barkhorn leaves the command to complete treatment in the hospital
April 15(?), 1945 - Munich-Riem - Barkhorn joins Adolf Galland's Squadron of "experten", Jagdverband 44
April 21, 1945 - Munich-Riem - On his second mission with the Me-262 jet, Barkhorn is forced to return to base with engine problems. During the forced landing, Barkhorn is wounded as the canopy closes on his neck, almost killing him. (Back to hospital at Bad Wiessee?)
May(?) 14(?), 1945 - Bad Wiessee, Bavaria - Not interely clear if Barkhorn is captured in Hospital or in the airbase. 14th is the day of Galland's capture
September 1(?), 1945 - ? - Barkhorn is released from allied captivity
January(?) 1(?), 1956 - ? - Barkhorn joins the Bundesluftwaffe
March 13, 1956 - RAF Valley, Wales - Undergoing refresher training
September 1, 1957 - Nörvenich, Germany - Appointed Commander of Jabo 31 "Boelcke"
December 16, 1962 - Nörvenich - End of commission as Commander of Jabo 31

October 13, 1965 - RAF Raynham, Norfolk - While flying a Hawker Siddeley Kestrel, he crash-lands at RAF Raynham and is rescued from the jet
November 30, 1965 - Nörvenich(?) - Flies the Hawker-Siddely Kestrel for the Tripartite evaluation squadron
January(?) 1(?), 1969 - Promoted to Brigadegeneral
September 30, 1975 - Tegernsee, South of Munich - Barkhorn retires
January 6, 1983 - near Cologne - During a winter storm on an autobahn,  Barkhorn and his wife Christl are involved in a car crash. Christl dies instantly as Gerhard is taken unconscious to Hospital 
January 8, 1983 - Frechen-Köln - Gerhard Barkhorn dies in hospital, aged 63, of wounds sustained in a car crash two days earlier. =(END)