Dornier Do 17 chikamu 3
Mukutanga kwemanheru, ndege kubva kuIII./KG 2 dzakanangidzirwa kune zvinangwa zvakatenderedza Charleville. Pamusoro pechinangwa, mabhomba akasangana nemoto unorema uye wakarurama unopesana nendege; vashandi vatanhatu vakakuvara - mutyairi weimwe yeDorniers, Ofv. Csilla akafa nekukuvara kwake zuva rimwe chetero muchipatara cheLuftwaffe field. Imwe bhomba kubva ku7./KG 2 (Fw. Klöttchen) yakapfurwa uye vashandi vayo vakatorwa. Zvimwe zviviri, kusanganisira ndege yekuraira ye9./KG 2, Oblt. Davids, vakakuvadzwa zvakanyanya uye vakamanikidzwa kumhara nechimbichimbi paByblis airport. Munzvimbo yeVouziers, Mapoka I uye II./KG 3 akabatwa nevarwi veHawk C.75 kubva kuGC II./2 neGC III./7 uye Hurricanes kubva ku501 Squadron RAF. Varwi veAllied vakapfura mabhomba matatu eDo 17 Z ndokukuvadza mamwe maviri.
Musi waChivabvu 13 na14, 1940, zvikwata zveWehrmacht, nerutsigiro rweLuftwaffe, zvakatora mabhiriji kune rimwe divi reMeuse munzvimbo yeSedan. Vashandi veDo 17 Z veKG 2 vakazvisiyanisa mukuita apo vairova zvinzvimbo zveFrance nehuchokwadi. Yakadzikama French air defense fire yakakonzera kurasikirwa kweimwe ndege ye7./KG 2 uye kukanganisa kune dzimwe nhanhatu. Ko 17 Z crews kubva kuKG 76 vaive vachishanda zvakanyanya; mabhomba matanhatu akakuvadzwa nemoto wepasi.
Do 17 Z mabhomba akanga achishandawo musi wa 15 Mbudzi 1940. Vakapoteredza 8 boka revanhu vangangosvika 00 Dornier Do 40 Z veI. uye II./KG 17, vachiperekedzwa nemapatya akawanda-engined Messerschmitt Bf 3 Cs kubva kuIII./ZG 110 , yakarwiswa, yakasiiwa pedyo neReims neHurricane ye26 Squadron RAF. VaMesserschmitts vakazvidza kurwiswa uku, vakapfura varwi vaviri veBritish uye vakarasikirwa nevaviri vavo. Apo vaperekedzi vakanga vari mubishi kurwisana nemuvengi, mabhomba akarwiswa neHurricanes of 1 Squadron RAF. MaBritish akapfura maviri Do 501 Z, asi akarasikirwa nendege mbiri uye ivo pachavo, dzakamiswa nemoto kubva kune deck anti-ndege pfuti.
Nguva dzisati dzakwana 11:00 am, nomwe Kusvika 17 Zs dze8./KG 76 dzakarwiswa neNo. 3 Squadron RAF patrolling pedyo neNamur Hurricanes. MaBritish akapfura bhomba rimwe chete nekuda kwekurasikirwa kwendege mbiri. Mumwe wavo akapfurwa nepfuti dzeGerman bomber deck, uye imwe yakaverengerwa kuaccount yake naLieutenant W. Joachim Müncheberg weIII./JG 26. Manheru, 6./KG 3 yakarasikirwa neimwe Do 17, yakapfurwa. pamusoro peLuxembourg neAllied fighters. Zuva iroro, zvinangwa zvikuru zveKG 2 air raids yaiva zviteshi zvezvitima uye kuiswa munzvimbo yeReims; mabhomba matatu akapfurwa nevarwi uye mamwe maviri akakuvadzwa.
Sezvo vakaputsa mberi kuSedan, uto reGermany rakatanga kufamba nokukurumidza kuenda kumhenderekedzo yeChirungu Channel. Basa rekutanga reDo 17 raive zvino rekubhomba makoramu aidzokera kumashure nemapoka emauto eAllied anga akatarisisa kumucheto kwemukoto weGerman mukuyedza kurwisa. Musi waMay 20, mauto eWehrmacht akasvika kumahombekombe emugero, achigura mauto eBelgian, British Expeditionary Force uye chikamu cheuto reFrance kubva kune mamwe mauto. Musi waMay 27, kubviswa kwemauto eBritish kubva kuDunkirk kwakatanga. Iyo Luftwaffe yakatarisana nebasa rakaoma sezvo nzvimbo yeDunkirk yaive mukati merudzi rweRAF varwi vaive kumabvazuva kweEngland. Mangwanani-ngwanani a Do 17 Z weKG 2 akaonekwa pamusoro pechinangwa; Gefr akarangarira chiito. Helmut Heimann - redhiyo anoshanda sechikamu chevashandi veU5 + CL ndege kubva ku3./KG 2:
Musi waChivabvu 27, takasimuka na7:10 kubva kuGeinsheim airport kuti tifambe nendege munzvimbo yeDunkirk - Ostend - Zeebrugge nebasa rekumisa kudzoka kwemauto eBritish kubva kuFrance. Mushure mokusvika kusingagumi kwataienda, takazviwana tasvika pakakwirira mamita 1500. Vhidhiyo inorwisa ndege yakapfurwa zvakarurama kwazvo. Tanyevenutsa kurongeka kwemakiyi ega zvishoma, kutanga nemadhodhi ari nyore kuita kuti zviomere vanopfura kuvavarira. Takasvika kurudyi panzvimbo yekuchengetera kiyi yekupedzisira, ndokusaka takazvidaidza kuti "Kugelfang" (bullet catcher).
Pakarepo ndakaona varwi vaviri vakananga kwatiri. Ndakabva ndashevedzera kuti: “Chenjerai, varwi vaviri vari kumashure kurudyi!” uye gadzirai pfuti kuti ipfure. Peter Broich akarerutsa gasi kuvhara chinhambwe chemota yaive pamberi pedu. Saka isu vatatu takakwanisa kupfura varwi vacho. Mumwe wevarwi akarwiswa nehasha dzisina kumboitika, zvisinei nemoto wedu wekudzivirira uye moto unoenderera mberi wekurwisa ndege, ndokubhururuka zvakananga pamusoro pedu. Sezvayaitarira shure kwatiri nokuchenuruka kwakasimba, takaona mativi ayo ezasi, ane mavara machena uye matema.
Akaita kurwisa kwake kechipiri kubva kurudyi kuenda kuruboshwe, achipfura kiyi yekupedzisira mumutsetse. Gare gare, akatiratidzazve uta hwaiva pamapapiro ake ndokubhururuka nesahwira wake, uyo akamufukidza nguva dzose pasina kurwa. Akange asisaone mhedzisiro yekurwisa kwake. Mushure mekurova kwakabudirira, taifanira kudzima imwe yeinjini, kurega kuumbwa uye kumhanyisa kudzoka.
Takabatidza moto panhandare yendege yeMoselle-Trier ndokutanga kumhara. Chokubhururuka chose chakatinhira uye chichizungunuka kumativi ose, asi, pasinei zvapo bedzi neinjini imwe bedzi yaimhanya namatai akaboorwa namabara, Peter zvakatsetseka akaisa motokari pabhandi. Yedu yakashinga Do 17 yakamhara pamusoro pemazana matatu hits. Nemhaka yokuputika kwematangi eokisijeni akaputsika, zvidimbu zvishomanene zvamarara zvakanamira muchipfuva changu, naizvozvo ndaifanira kuenda kuInfirmary muTrier.
Makiyi mana eIII./KG 17 Do 3 Z, anga achiisa matangi emafuta kumadokero kwechiteshi, akashamiswa nekurwiswa kusingafungidzirwe kwakaitwa neSpitfire squadron. Pasina chifukidziro chekuvhima, mabhomba akanga asina mukana; mumaminitsi mashoma, vatanhatu vavo vakapfurwa. Panguva imwe chete kudzokera kune hwaro Do 17 Z kubva II. uye III./KG 2 yakarwiswa neSpitfires yeNo. 65 Squadron RAF. Varwi veBritain vakapfura matatu mabhomba eDo 17 Z uye mamwe matatu akakuvadzwa zvakaipisisa.
