Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Hans-Karl Stepp (2 September 1914 12 December 2006) was a German World War II Luftwaffe Stuka ace. Hans-Karl Stepp was born on 2 September 1914 in Gießen as son to a University professor. Stepp studied eight semesters of law in Tübingen, Breslau and Munich before joining the Luftwaffe as Fahnenjunker in 1936. He fought in the Invasion of Poland and Battle of France with Sturzkampfgeschwader 76. He also served in the Reichsluftwaffenministerium in Berlin.