Otto kittel. On Sundays he played songs on his saxophone at the Vilna radio station. On 15 March 1943, after shooting down a MiG-3 for his 47th success, Fw. In the fall of 1941 the short-in-growth 24-year-old Unteroffizier Otto Kittel had just received his ”wings” and was posted to the Bf 109-equipped 2. Nach dem Krieg expandierte die Firma. Otto Kittel was a German fighter pilot who flew 583 combat missions on the Eastern Front and claimed 267 aerial victories, making him the fourth highest scoring ace in aviation history. Neue Bereiche und Projekte führten zu einem Ausbau des Angebotes. Data derived from many sources. G. He flew 583 combat missions on the Eastern Front, claiming 267 aerial victories, making him the fourth highest scoring ace in aviation history according to authors John Weal and Jerry Scutts. When the engine seized, he made an emergency landing 60 km behind enemy lines.