Stepanenko and Kittel - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum

keith A · #1 17th September 2006, 18:03

I found a website (in Russian) that listed his victories, but lost it. Can anyone advise me of the web address?

One other question. Did Stepanenko shoot down Otto Kittel?

Jack Sanders · #2 17th September 2006, 18:14

Hello keith,
The list can be found here: http://www.airwar.ru/history/aces/ac...tepanenko.html . Stepanenko did not shoot down Kittel. This is yet another myth perpetuated by Dymich, a thoroughly discredited Russian historian.

Yours sincerely,

Jack Sanders

keith A · #3 17th September 2006, 20:42

Thanks Jack,

Thats the one I found earlier. Its odd that none of his victories before July 1943 are listed, although he seems to have been claiming since mid-1942, flying Hurricanes and Yak-1B.

I agree about the Kittel claim. Everytime I look there seems to be another famous Soviet ace claiming and equally famous Luftwaffe pilot, and vice versa!