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Otto Kittel

1917 - 1945

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Otto Kittel (21 February 1917 – 14 or 16 February 1945) was a German fighter pilot during World War II. 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. Kittel claimed all of his victories against the Red Air Force.Kittel joined the Luftwaffe in 1939, and, in spring 1941, he was posted to Jagdgeschwader 54 (JG 54—54th Fighter Wing) supporting Army Group North on the Eastern Front. He received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 29 October 1943, for reaching 120 aerial victories. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otto Kittel has received more than 239,848 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Otto Kittel is the 723rd most popular military personnel (down from 680th in 2019), the 210th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 194th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Czech Military Personnel.

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Over the past year Otto Kittel has had the most page views in the with 20,586 views, followed by German (10,397), and Russian (6,118). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Indonesian (25.00%), Egyptian Arabic (8.55%), and Dutch (8.11%)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Otto Kittel ranks 723 out of 2,058. Before him are Soemu Toyoda, Ivan Bohun, Yasuji Okamura, Giovanni Andrea Doria, Jules Brunet, and Sergey Akhromeyev. After him are Wild Bill Hickok, Nikolay Voronov, Joseph Boxhall, Hermann von Eichhorn, Mahmud Shevket Pasha, and Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Otto Kittel ranks 89. Before him are Cyrus Vance, Louis Zamperini, Yukio Tsuda, Ko Arima, Hirokazu Ninomiya, and Nikolai Ogarkov. After him are Will Eisner, Zhang Chunqiao, Jean Rouch, Atle Selberg, Harold Garfinkel, and Augusto Roa Bastos. Among people deceased in 1945, Otto Kittel ranks 132. Before him are Paul Pelliot, Kitaro Nishida, Constanze Manziarly, Hajime Sugiyama, Charles Fabry, and Alexander Siloti. After him are Ignacio Zuloaga, Walther Hewel, Fritz Freitag, Julius Dorpmüller, Korechika Anami, and André Tardieu.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Otto Kittel ranks 210 out of 1,200. Before him are Catherine of Poděbrady (1449), Bořivoj II, Duke of Bohemia (1064), Vilém Flusser (1920), Egon Kisch (1885), Franz Bardon (1909), and Otfried Preußler (1923). After him are Jan Kodeš (1946), Karl von Terzaghi (1883), Oldřich, Duke of Bohemia (970), Julius von Payer (1841), Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1531), and Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1662).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Czechia

Among military personnels born in Czechia, Otto Kittel ranks 7. Before him are Jan Žižka (1360), Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583), Joseph Radetzky von Radetz (1766), Kurt Knispel (1921), Prokop the Great (1380), and Jan Kubiš (1913). After him are Julius von Payer (1841), Erhard Raus (1889), Karl Fritzsch (1903), Ferenc Wesselényi (1605), Moritz von Auffenberg (1852), and Alexander von Krobatin (1849).

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