Hans Hahn/Maximilian Stotz

[Nick Hector]

I'm with Michael (Nokose), let's try to help Johannes with his query.

I'll share some assistance comprising first a look at Stotz's opponents up until serving with Hahn, then a look at BOTH their opponents. I am indebted to the Tony Wood lists and Johannes' books plus Christer Bergstroem's work in trying to get this mapped out. It hope it helps somewhat to answer the original question of the thread:
Stotz's early opponents:


6.11.39
Blenheim I
Frankfurt area/Voelklingen
Possibly L1145/DX- of 57 sqn. P/O Alexander Donald Morton, Sgt. G Storr and AC1 F A Twinning all KIA (Generally attributed to Frank-Werner Rott of 3./JG 53)

14.5.40/1615
2 x Battle I
Sedan
Stotz is generally credited with P2182 of 150 sqn. P/O J Boon, Sgt. T Fortune and AC1 S Martin all KIA
3.6.40/1520
Hurricane I ("Curtiss Hawk")
W of Epernay
73 sqn. Severe overclaiming, only one loss: Serial unknown of P/O Ian Douglas Hawken KIA
(Versus five claims)

6.6.40/2100
2 x Curtiss Hawk
NW of Amiens
Stotz is generally credited with No. 124 of GC I/4. S/Lt. H de La Taille-Tretinville baled out but KIA because chute failed (slight overclaiming)

11.8.41/1540
13 KOAE. Lt. I S Chabukiani
(Also claimed by Philipp)

We then come to the claims described by Michael (Nokose), no need to duplicate those here

9.8.42/1015 and 1017
2 x Pe-2s (plus one claimed by Ofw. Paul Finkler)
793 BBAP, 211 BBAD, 3 VA. Crews of Mladshiy Leytenant Avdokhin, Serzhants Aleksey Volynchchikov and Ivan Moiseev all MIA
(3 claims for 3 losses)
10.8.42/1340, 1341 and 1342
3 x LaGG-3s
Staritsa-Rzhev
157 IAP. Two of the Hurricanes received 2-4 machine gun holes with Serzhant Voloshin WIA (right leg). Conflicting source says this was 163 IAP, Vladimir Fedorovich Timofeenko (2+7 shared victories)

10.8.42/1415
IL-2 Sturmovik
15km NE of Konaja (PQ 46254) @ low altitude
312 ShAP. Leytenants Vasiliy Khomyakov and Prokopiy Bushuev both failed to return
(other loss was inflicted by Stendel of JG 51)
16.8.42/0738 and 0741
2 x La-5s (the second was misidentified as a Curtiss P-40)
Golovskoye-Sukhinikhi
49 IAP, 309 IAD, 1 VA. Three losses, personnel details pending
(versus 5 claims in total)

19.8.42/1345 and 1347
2 x La-5s (misidentified as “Curtiss P-40s”)
S of Sukhinikhi
49 IAP, 309 IAD, 1 VA. Legitimate victories, there were apparently two losses, personnel details pending

12.12.42/1352 and 1358
2 x LaGG-3s
Demjansk-Staraya Russa
21 GIAP. 3 losses including AE CO Mayor Viktor Goncharov and deputy AE CO Kapitan Ivan Semenovich Bakal KIA
(Plus one claim each by Beisswenger and Sterr, 4 claims for 3 losses)


Stotz and Hahn together:

30.12.42/0850, 0851, 0852, 0854, 0856
5 x “LaGG-3s”, P-40s known to be involved
Engagement with 10 IAP and 156 IAP.
10 IAP, 239 IAD, 6 VA lost Mayor Nikolai Terekhin KIA plus one other shot down. 156 IAP, 240 IAD, 6 VA lost St.Lts. Vocharov, Kasakin and Tokarev plus St. Serzh Chinarov.
(Hahn claims 4 as well)

30.12.42/1140
LaGG-3
20km SW of Waldai (PQ 18261) @ 1000m
(Hahn claims one as well)
21 GIAP, 240 IAD, 6 VA lost Podpolkovnik Georgiy Nikolaevich Konyev (14 kills, 18 shared) in this engagement, generally attributed to Beisswenger some time after Stotz and Hahn claimed.
30.12.42/1345
IL-2 Sturmovik
35km NW of Demjansk (PQ 28123) @ 500m
243 ShAD, 6 VA. 6 losses for 11 claims throughout the day
(Hahn claims one as well)

30.12.42/1347, 1349 and 1355
3 x LaGG-3s
240 IAD, 6 VA. Lost eleven LaGG-3s and La-5s plus four Yak-7Bs that date

6.1.43/0750, 0751, 0752, 0753
4 x P-40s, the last two of which were claimed as LaGG-3s
436 IAP, 240 IAD, 6 VA. St.Lt. Nikolai Fedorovich Kuznetsov (14 and 4 shared kills) bellylanded WIA (returned to combat in 1944), Ml.Lt. Mikhail Galdobin baled out (the unit also lost Serzh Nikolai Matveevich Golovkov, but was it in this engagement?)

14.1.43/1036-1042
Hahn and Stotz claim 4 x La-5s each.
263 IAP, 215 IAD, 14 VA. Four losses: Serzhant Antonov and Ml.Lt. Seliverstov both KIA. Serzhant Petkevich baled out over friendly territory and Starshiy Serzhant Ageshin bellylanded back at Shum a/f. 522 IAP, 215 IAD, 14 VA also suffered one crashlanded back at base

14.1.43/1210-1212
Hahn and Stotz claim 3 x La-5s each.
263 IAP. Massive overclaiming, only Ml.Lt. Rostem forcelanded in friendly territory

26.1.43/1057-1059
Hahn claims one and Stotz claims two LaGGs
263 IAP. Lt. Kalenskiy and Ml.Lt. Petkevich both WIA
(Two losses for three claims)

26.1.43/1400-1405
Two claims by Hahn and three by Stotz for LaGG-3s
3 GIAP, 61 IABR, KBF. One engagement at 1500 Soviet Time, only loss was pilot Prasilov WIA; another engagement at 1600 Soviet Time, only loss was Serzhant Stepanov

27.1.43/1042 and 1043
Hahn and Stotz each claim a LaGG-3
Actually the La-5 of 2 GIAP. Gv.Lt. Filipp Kosolapov, escaped safely and made it home

11.2.43/0951-1008
Hahn and Stotz claim a mix of LaGGs and P-40s
158 IAP. Likely overclaiming, only one known loss: Ml.Lt. Petr Ivanovich Gavrikov MIA

19.2.43/1150-1154
Hahn claims one and Stotz claims two IL-2 Sturmoviks
1 ShAK had 8 losses total throughout the day

21.2.43/0911-0912
Hahn claims one and Stoz claims two La-5s
169 IAP. Bergstroem says Hahn downed St.Lt. Mikhail Vorobiyev KIA
169 IAP. Ml. Ltn. Balandin baled out WIA. Bergstroem says Stotz hit Alexander Mikhailovich Chislov. Lt. Pavel Grazhdaninov possibly shot at and claimed




Grateful for all help and appreciative of any updates/corrections that anyone might care to add....

I sincerely hope it helps Johannes with his enquiries