Oberleutnant Otto Kittel

[ian@ipkenny.co.uk]

Hi all. Can anyone help me find or does anyone have photos of Otto`s Fw-190 A8. I am a model aircraft flyer and would to like find photographic evedence of the subject for my portfolio and detail for modelling purposess. I do know the werknummer 960282, he flew with I/JG54 Greenhearts.He was the highest Ace to fly an FW-190. Any help would be most valuble.

Thanks Ian.

[wotan]

Can anyone help me find or does anyone have photos of Otto`s Fw-190 A8.

If one is ever found I can imagine it would pull a pretty penny...

[Mark Steinitz]

Since you appear to have done some research on Kittel's aircraft, you may already know that two of John Weal's books for Osprey contain color plates that claim to represent Kittel's A-6, "Yellow 5" while he was serving in 3./JG 54 circa August-September 1944. See, Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Aces of the Russian Front, p.55 and Jagdgeschwader 54 'Gruenherz,' p. 73. It is unclear what source(s) Weal used in creating the plates.

[FalkeEins]

see P140 of 'Focke Wulf Jagdflugzeug' (Rodeike) ....'angeblich ..eine Fw 190 A-7 des Stkpt. der 3./JG 54, Lt Otto Kittel..'

there is no 'angeblich' about it ...this and whole series of images of 3./JG 54 from this time frame (September 1944) exist in one collection I've seen..