I-Dornier Do 17 ingxenye 3
Ekuseni kakhulu, indiza esuka ku-III./KG 2 yayiqondiswe ezindaweni ezihlosiwe ezigxile eCharleville. Ngaphezulu kwethagethi, amabhomu ahlangatshezwa umlilo osindayo futhi onembile wokulwa nendiza; kulimale amalungu ayisithupha - umshayeli wendiza ye-Dorniers, u-Ovv. U-Csilla washona ngenxa yokulimala kwakhe ngalo lolo suku esibhedlela saseLuftwaffe field. Ibhomu elilodwa elisuka ku-7./KG 2 (Fw. Klöttchen) lidutshulwe ladutshulwa izisebenzi zayo. Okunye okubili, okuhlanganisa indiza yomyalo engu-9./KG 2, Oblt. Davids, balinyazwa kakhulu futhi baphoqeleka ukuthi bafike endaweni ephuthumayo esikhumulweni sezindiza iByblis. Endaweni ye-Vouziers, Amaqembu I kanye no-II./KG 3 abanjwe abalwi be-Hawk C.75 abavela ku-GC II./2 kanye ne-GC III./7 kanye Neziphepho ezivela ku-501 Squadron RAF. Amasosha ahlangene adubule amabhomu amathathu e-Do 17 Z futhi alimaza amanye amabili.
NgoMeyi 13 no-14, 1940, amayunithi e-Wehrmacht, ngokusekelwa yi-Luftwaffe, athumba amabhuloho ngaphesheya kweMeuse endaweni yaseSedan. Abasebenzi be-Do 17 Z be-KG 2 bazihlukanisile esenzweni njengoba beshaya izikhundla zaseFrance ngokunemba okwedlulele. Umlilo ogxilile wokuvikela emoyeni waseFrance uphumele ekulahlekelweni yindiza eyodwa engu-7./KG 2 kanye nokulimala kwezinye eziyisithupha. Abasebenzi be-Do 17 Z abavela ku-KG 76 nabo bebesebenza kakhulu; amabhomu ayisithupha acekelwe phansi ngomlilo.
Amabhomu e-Do 17 Z nawo ayesebenza mhla ziyi-15 kuNhlaba 1940. Cishe abayisi-8 iqembu labalinganiselwa ku-00 Dornier Do 40 Zs abangabakwa-I. kanye no-II./KG 17, ephelezelwa ama-Messerschmitt Bf 3 Cs ambalwa akhiwe ngamawele asuka ku-III./ZG 110 , ehlaselwe, yashiywa eduze kwaseReims yiSiphepho esinguNo. 26 Squadron RAF. AbakwaMesserschmitts bakuchithile lokhu kuhlasela, badubula abalwi ababili baseBrithani futhi balahlekelwa ababili babo. Ngesikhathi abaphelezeli bematasa belwa nesitha, amabhomu ahlaselwa Izivunguvungu zeNo. 1 Squadron RAF. AbaseBrithani badubule ama-Do 501 Zs amabili, kodwa balahlekelwa yizindiza ezimbili ngokwabo, ezidutshulwe abadubuli bezindiza ezilwa nezindiza.
Ngaphambi nje kuka-11:00, amaZ ayisikhombisa kuya kwangu-17 angu-8./KG 76 ahlaselwe i-No. 3 Squadron RAF eyayizulazula eduze ne-Namur Hurricanes. AbaseBrithani badubula ibhomu elilodwa, balahlekelwa yizindiza ezimbili. Omunye wadutshulwa wadutshulwa abadubuli basesitezi sabaqhubi bebhomu baseJalimane, kwathi omunye wabongwa uLieutenant W. Joachim Müncheberg we-III./JG 26. Kusihlwa, u-6./KG 3 walahlekelwa enye i-Do 17, edutshulwe phezu kwe-Luxembourg Ama-Allied fighters. Izinhloso eziyinhloko zokuhlasela kwezindiza kwe-KG 2 ngalolo suku kwakuyiziteshi zesitimela nokufakwa endaweni yaseReims; amabhomu amathathu adutshulwe amasosha, kwalimala amanye amabili.
Ngemva kokudabula ngaphambili eSedan, ibutho laseJalimane laqala uhambo olusheshayo oluya ogwini lwe-English Channel. Umsebenzi oyinhloko we-Do 17 manje kwase kuwukuqhumisa amakholomu ahlehlayo kanye namaqembu amasosha Ahlangene ayegxile emaphethelweni omhubhe waseJalimane emzamweni wokulwa nokuhlasela. NgoMeyi 20, amabutho ahlomile e-Wehrmacht afika osebeni lomsele, anqamula ibutho laseBelgium, iBritish Expeditionary Force kanye nengxenye yebutho laseFrance kuwo wonke amabutho. NgoMeyi 27, kwaqala ukukhishwa kwamasosha aseBrithani eDunkirk. I-Luftwaffe ibhekane nomsebenzi onzima njengoba indawo yase-Dunkirk yayingaphakathi kohlu lwezilwi ze-RAF ezinze empumalanga ye-England. Ekuseni ekuseni kwavela i-Do 17 Z ye-KG 2 phezu kwethagethi; UGefr wasikhumbula isenzo. U-Helmut Heimann – osebenza ngomsakazo njengengxenye yabasebenzi bendiza ye-U5+CL esuka ku-3./KG 2:
Ngomhlaka-27 Meyi, sasuka ngo-7:10 esikhumulweni sezindiza sase-Geinsheim sathatha uhambo lwendiza endaweni yase-Dunkirk - Ostend - Zeebrugge sinomsebenzi wokumisa ukuhlehla kwamasosha ase-British asuka e-France. Ngemva kokufika okungapheli endaweni esasiya kuyo, sazithola silapho endaweni ephakeme ngamamitha angu-1500. Izikhali ezilwa nezindiza zadubula ngokunembile kakhulu. Sixegise i-oda lokhiye abangabodwana kancane, siqala ngama-dodges alula ukwenza kube nzima ukuthi abadubuli baqonde. Safika ngakwesokudla endaweni yokugcina ukhiye wokugcina, yingakho sazibiza ngokuthi “Kugelfang” (umcuphi wezinhlamvu).
Kusenjalo ngabona izilwi ezimbili ziqonde kithi ngqo. Ngokushesha ngamemeza: “Qaphela, izilwi ezimbili ngemuva kwesokudla!” futhi ulungise isibhamu ukudubula. UPeter Broich wehlise igesi ukuze avale ibanga lemoto ephambi kwethu. Ngakho, sobathathu sakwazi ukudubula sibhekise amadlangala. Omunye wabalwi uhlasele ngolaka olungakaze lubonwe, naphezu komlilo wethu ovikelayo kanye nomlilo oqhubekayo wokulwa nendiza, wabe esendiza phezu kwethu ngqo. Njengoba ibuyisela emuva kithi ngokujika okuqinile, sabona amalobe ayo angezansi, anombala omhlophe nomnyama.
Uhlasele okwesibili esuka kwesokudla eya kwesokunxele, edubula ngokhiye wokugcina kulayini. Kamuva waphinde wasikhombisa iminsalo ezimpikweni zakhe futhi wandiza nozakwabo, owayemmboze njalo ngaphandle kokuya empini. Akabange esayibona imiphumela yokuhlasela kwakhe. Ngemuva kokushaya ngempumelelo, kudingeke ukuthi sicishe enye yezinjini, sinqamule ekwakhekeni bese sishesha ukubuya.
Saqhuma umlilo esikhumulweni sezindiza saseMosel-Trier futhi saqala ukwehla. Yonke into ebhayizayo yaduma futhi yazulazula nhlangothi zonke, kodwa, naphezu kwenjini eyodwa kuphela eyayigijima namathayi abhodlozwe yizinhlamvu, uPeter wayibeka kahle imoto ebhandeni. I-Do 17 yethu enesibindi ithole amahithi angaphezu kuka-300. Ngenxa yokuqhunyiswa kwamathange omoya-mpilo acekeleke phansi, izingcezu ezimbalwa zemfucumfucu zafakwa esifubeni sami, ngakho kwadingeka ngiye eSikhumbuzweni Esigulayo eTrier.
Izikhiye ezine ze-III./KG 17 Do 3 Zs, amathangi kaphethiloli afaka uphethiloli entshonalanga yechweba, bamangazwe ukuhlasela okuzumayo kweqembu le-Spitfire. Ngaphandle kwesembozo sokuzingela, amabhomu ayengenalo ithuba; emizuzwini embalwa, abayisithupha babo badutshulwa. Ngesikhathi esifanayo ubuyela kusisekelo se-Do 17 Z kusuka ku-II. kanye no-III./KG 2 bahlaselwa ama-Spitfires of No. 65 Squadron RAF. Amasosha aseBrithani adubule amabhomu amathathu e-Do 17 Z kwathi amanye amathathu alimala kabi.
