Some other rules I use with some success:
replace German "j" by "y"
replace german "w" by "v"
replace German "sch" or "sh" by "ch" (but might also be sh)
if nothing works, replace "b" by "t" or the other way...
Back to the Kursk battle, I found today an interesting webpage:
http://militera.lib.ru/h/hazanov_gorbach/04.html
This is the annex of a rather long (for the Web) article about the air side of the Kursk battle (article on three webpages, first here
http://militera.lib.ru/h/hazanov_gorbach/01.html)
Most interestings tables:
n° 9 : showing German captured on 4 and 5 July 1943 and
their place of capture: may be useful to complete some crew given as MIA by German reports
n° 11: losses of 6 IAK between 5 and 12 July (pilot, location when known, serial)
n° 14: losses of 221 BAD between 5 and 10 July (with far less details than above)
n° 15: losses of 302 IAD between 3 and 29 July (pilot, location when known, serial)