Emil Bitsch was born on 14 June 1916 at Bad Griesbach in Baden. From July 1941, Bitsch served with III./JG 3 based on the Eastern front. Leutnant Bitsch was assigned to 8./JG 3 and had accumulated five victories by this time. He claimed two Russian Yak-4 twin-engine fighters shot down on 24 June 1942 to record his ninth and 10th victories. In July, he claimed 15 victories, including his 20th victory shot down on 13 July. Bitsch recorded 18 victories in August, including his 30th victory shot down on 16 August and his 40th victory shot down on 28 August. On 4 September, Oberleutnant Bitch was shot down by Flak near Wertjatschi am Don northwest of Stalingrad. He baled out of his Bf 109 F-4 (W.Nr. 13 325) and landed safely but had suffered light injuries in the incident. Bitsch recorded his 50th victory shot down on 19 March 1943. On 1 June 1943, Bitsch was appointed Staffelkapitän of 8./JG 3. In July, Oberleutnant Bitsch claimed 29 victories, including six enemy aircraft shot down on 5 July (75-80). He recorded his 100th victory on 21 July. Bitsch was awarded the Ritterkreuz on 29 August for 104 victories. In August 1943, III./JG 3 was relocated to Germany to serve on Reichsverteidigung duties. Bitsch shot down four USAAF four-engine bombers during this period. On 15 March 1944, Bitsch was shot down and killed in Bf 109 G-6 (W.Nr. 161 139) in aerial combat with USAAF P-47 fighters over Schijndel.
    Emil Bitsch was credited with 108 victories. He recorded four victories over the Western front, all four-engine bombers.
 

No	Date	Time	A/c Type	Unit	Location / Comments
1	2.7.1941	12:28	Il-2	8./JG 3	-
2	20.9.1941	17:06	Pe-2	8./JG 3	-
3	3.10.1941	14:42	Il-2	8./JG 3	-
4	5.10.1941	14:38	SB-3	8./JG 3	-
5	5.11.1941	11:55	I-61	8./JG 3	-
6	26.2.1942	14:33	I-301	8./JG 3	-
7	15.3.1942	12:58	Pe-2	8./JG 3	40km S Demjansk
8	19.3.1942	8:57	I-61	8./JG 3	30km S Staraya Russa
9	24.6.1942	18:12	Yak-4	8./JG 3	NE Schtschignoye
10	24.6.1942	18:17	Yak-4	8./JG 3	NE St Tschmenissowo
11	2.7.1942	7:00	MiG-3	8./JG 3	-
12	2.7.1942	12:10	Boston	8./JG 3	-
13	2.7.1942	12:13	Boston	8./JG 3	-
14	3.7.1942	19:25	Il-2	8./JG 3	-
15	3.7.1942	19:26	Il-2	8./JG 3	-
16	4.7.1942	17:16	Boston	8./JG 3	-
17	4.7.1942	17:17	Boston	8./JG 3	-
18	5.7.1942	6:20	Yak-4	8./JG 3	-
19	5.7.1942	6:22	Yak-4	8./JG 3	-
20	13.7.1942	9:58	R-10	8./JG 3	-
21	26.7.1942	16:15	LaGG-3	8./JG 3	-
22	26.7.1942	16:18	LaGG-3	8./JG 3	-
23	28.7.1942	13:13	LaGG-3	8./JG 3	-
24	31.7.1942	11:05	Pe-2	8./JG 3	SE Kalatsch
25	31.7.1942	11:42	Il-2	8./JG 3	W Klatskaya
26	7.8.1942	17:40	Pe-2	8./JG 3	SW Stalingrad
27	7.8.1942	17:41	Pe-2	8./JG 3	40km SW Stalingrad
28	12.8.1942	18:00	LaGG-3	8./JG 3	SE Kalatsch
29	13.8.1942	9:35	MiG-3	9./JG 3	N Paparo
30	16.8.1942	9:35	MiG-3	9./JG 3	5km S Rachlinka
31	19.8.1942	17:50	Il-2	9./JG 3	SE Katschalinskaya
32	19.8.1942	17:55	R-5	9./JG 3	SE Katschalinskaya
33	20.8.1942	16:22	Pe-2	9./JG 3	SSW Rajgorod
34	20.8.1942	16:26	Pe-2	9./JG 3	W Swjelnyi-Yar
35	21.8.1942	17:40	LaGG-3	9./JG 3	E Stalingrad
36	25.8.1942	5:30	R-5	9./JG 3	Stalingrad
37	27.8.1942	5:25	I-16	9./JG 3	Achtuba
38	27.8.1942	15:20	LaGG-3	9./JG 3	NNW Achtuba
39	28.8.1942	17:00	LaGG-3	9./JG 3	NE Stalingrad
40	28.8.1942	17:20	Il-2	9./JG 3	E Stalingrad
41	29.8.1942	6:05	LaGG-3	9./JG 3	NW Dubovka
42	30.8.1942	16:50	Il-2	9./JG 3	W Sarepta
43	31.8.1942	10:45	Il-2	9./JG 3	E Sarepta
44	2.9.1942	17:10	Pe-2	9./JG 3	20km NE Stalingrad
45	2.9.1942	17:11	Pe-2	9./JG 3	20km NE Stalingrad
46	4.9.1942	6:55	Il-2	9./JG 3	2km W Stalingrad
47	9.3.1943	11:35	Yak-1	9./JG 3	Petrowskij
48	9.3.1943	11:37	Yak-1 o.Zg.	9./JG 3	SW Petrowskij / without witness / unconfirmed
49	16.3.1943	15:15	Yak-4	9./JG 3	70 390
50	19.3.1943	10:38	Il-2	9./JG 3	3km S Stary
51	20.3.1943	8:45	LaGG-3	9./JG 3	10km S Rostov
52	23.3.1943	15:46	Il-2	9./JG 3	12km E Tschugenyur
53	25.3.1943	13:50	LaGG-3	9./JG 3	20km S Rostov
54	20.4.1943	8:35	LaGG-3	9./JG 3	-
55	23.4.1943	9:15	P-39	9./JG 3	75 46
56	27.4.1943	4:45	Il-2	9./JG 3	88 12
57	27.4.1943	4:50	LaGG-3	9./JG 3	88 23
58	27.4.1943	4:52	LaGG-3	9./JG 3	89 79
59	29.4.1943	9:20	R-5	9./JG 3	9868
60	1.5.1943	6:05	MiG-3	8./JG 3	E Starabelsk
61	6.5.1943	18:10	Il-2	8./JG 3	SE Slavyansk
62	6.5.1943	18:13	Il-2	8./JG 3	E Krassny-Liman
63	9.5.1943	6:55	LaGG-3	8./JG 3	bei Bataysk
64	9.5.1943	16:10	Pe-2	8./JG 3	NE Krassny-Liman
65	12.5.1943	5:05	Il-2	8./JG 3	SW Izyum
66	14.5.1943	17:35	Il-2	8./JG 3	E Privalnaya
67	24.5.1943	7:14	I-16	8./JG 3	W Bataysk
68	24.5.1943	7:17	I-16	8./JG 3	W Bataysk
69	10.6.1943	8:45	LaGG-5	8./JG 3	N Starobelsk-Ost
70	11.6.1943	11:01	LaGG-5	8./JG 3	E Pokrowskoje
71	13.6.1943	4:05	LaGG-3	8./JG 3	SE Starobelsk
72	13.6.1943	4:15	LaGG-3	8./JG 3	E Starobelsk
73	15.6.1943	17:34	LaGG-3	8./JG 3	N Starobelsk
74	2.7.1943	9:40	LaGG-3	8./JG 3	98 22
75	5.7.1943	3:25	Il-2	8./JG 3	E Belgorod
76	5.7.1943	7:42	Il-2	8./JG 3	61 184
77	5.7.1943	7:47	Il-2	8./JG 3	61 18
78	5.7.1943	7:51	Il-2	8./JG 3	NW Tomarewka
79	5.7.1943	12:35	LaGG-3	8./JG 3	61 33
80	5.7.1943	16:40	Il-5	8./JG 3	61 49
81	7.7.1943	4:15	Il-5	8./JG 3	61 62
82	7.7.1943	17:15	LaGG-3	8./JG 3	61 27
83	8.7.1943	5:57	Pe-2	8./JG 3	61 23
84	8.7.1943	13:02	LaGG-5	8./JG 3	61 27
85	8.7.1943	13:12	LaGG-3	8./JG 3	61 24
86	11.7.1943	13:35	LaGG-5	8./JG 3	61 24
87	11.7.1943	13:35	LaGG-5	8./JG 3	61 24
88	13.7.1943	5:39	LaGG-5	8./JG 3	62 87
89	13.7.1943	5:41	LaGG-5	8./JG 3	62 88
90	15.7.1943	18:10	Pe-2	8./JG 3	70 72
91	16.7.1943	4:57	LaGG-3	8./JG 3	E Izyum
92	16.7.1943	18:25	Yak-1	8./JG 3	98 142
93	17.7.1943	10:25	Il-2	8./JG 3	8km S Izyum
94	19.7.1943	5:35	LagG-5	8./JG 3	70 87
95	19.7.1943	5:42	LaGG-5	8./JG 3	70 85
96	19.7.1943	5:45	LaGG-5	8./JG 3	70/6/8
97	19.7.1943	12:10	Yak-1	8./JG 3	98/1/4
98	20.7.1943	4:15	LaGG-5	8./JG 3	70/7/5
99	20.7.1943	4:20	LaGG-5	8./JG 3	70/7/2
100	21.7.1943	14:14	Il-2	8./JG 3	79 13
101	31.7.1943	5:35	LaGG-3	8./JG 3	88 262
102	31.7.1943	5:55	LaGG-3	8./JG 3	88 23
103	1.8.1943	10:30	Il-2	8./JG 3	8822
104	1.8.1943	10:32	Il-2	8./JG 3	8825
105	1.10.1943	13:44	B-17	8./JG 3	-
106	14.10.1943	14:45	B-17	8./JG 3	Aschaffenburg-Würzburg
107	19.12.1943	12:28	B-17	8./JG 3	Dolomit di Sesto
108	13.2.1944	-	B-24	8./JG 3	-

Victories : 108
Awards : Ehrenpokal (31 August 1942)
                Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (19 October 1942)
                Ritterkreuz (29 August 1943)
Units : JG 3