I-Henschel Hs 123 cz.2

I-Henschel Hs 123

Ngosuku okwaqala ngalo ukuhlasela kweJalimane eNtshonalanga, II.(shl.) / LG 2 yayiyingxenye ye-VIII. Fliegerkorps ngaphansi komyalo kaMajor General. UWolfram von Richthofen. Iqembu lokuhlasela belihlome ngezindiza ezingama-50 Hs 123, ezingama-45 zazo ebezilungele ukulwa. I-Hs 123 yangena emoyeni ngovivi mhla ziyi-10 kuNhlaba ngowe-1940 ngenhloso yokuhlasela amasosha aseBelgium emabhulohweni nasezimpambanweni ze-Albert Canal. Inhloso yemisebenzi yabo kwakuwukusekela ithimba labadubuli bama-paratrooper abafika ebhodini lezindiza zokuthutha e-Fort Eben-Emael.

Ngosuku olulandelayo, iqembu lama-Hs 123 A elaliphelezelwa izilwi ze-Messerschmitt Bf 109 E lahlasela isikhumulo sezindiza sase-Belgian eduze kwaseGeneff, cishe amakhilomitha ayi-10 entshonalanga ye-Liège. Ngesikhathi sokuhlasela, bekunezindiza eziyisishiyagalolunye ze-Fairey Fox kanye nendiza eyodwa ye-Morane-Saulnier MS.230 esikhumulweni sezindiza, okungeye-5th Squadron III ye-1st Belgian Aéronautique Militaire Regiment. Abashayeli bezindiza abahlaselayo bacekele phansi izindiza eziyisikhombisa kweziyisishiyagalolunye ebeziphansi.

Uhlobo lwe-Fairy Fox.

Ngalo lolo suku ntambama, ngesikhathi kugasela inkundla yezindiza i-Saint-Tron, izikhali ezilwa nezindiza zadubula i-Hs 123 A eyodwa ukusuka ku-II. (Schl.) / LG 2. Renard R.31 indiza yokuhlola, inombolo engu-7 evela 9 squadron 1, squadron XNUMXth ibutho. Zombili izimoto zicekeleke phansi zasha.

NgeSonto mhla ziyi-12 kuNhlaba 1940 iqembu lamasosha lalahlekelwa enye iHenschl Hs 123 edutshulwe iqhawe laseFrance. Ngosuku olulandelayo, Meyi 13, ibutho lalahlekelwa enye i-Hs 123 A - umshini wadutshulwa ngo-13: 00 umshayeli wezempi waseBrithani uSergeant Roy Wilkinson, owayeshayela iSiphepho i-Hawker Hurricane (N2353) esuka ku-3 Squadron RAF.

NgoLwesibili mhla ziyi-14 kuNhlaba 1940, ishumi nambili lama-Hs 123As, ephelezelwa uquqaba lwama-Bf 109Es avela ku-II./JG 2, ahlaselwa eduze kwaseLouvain yiqembu elikhulu lezivunguvungu ezivela ku-242 kanye ne-607 Squadrons RAF. AbaseBrithani bakwazi ukusebenzisa inzuzo yabo yezinombolo ukudubula phansi ama-Hs 123 A amabili oku-5. (Schl.)/LG2; abashayeli bezindiza ezehlisiwe - Uffz. U-Karl-Siegfried Lückel kanye noLieutenant Georg Ritter - bakwazile ukubaleka. Ngokushesha bobabili batholwa yi-Wehrmacht armored units futhi babuyela ekhaya labo. Iziphepho ezintathu ezihlaselayo zadutshulwa ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa abashayeli bezindiza be-II./JG 2, kanti esesine abashayeli bezindiza be-II./JG 123, kwathi esesine badutshulwa ababili ama-Hs XNUMX A, abakwazi ukuhlula umhlaseli base bebadubula ngezabo izibhamu!

Ntambama, ithimba lokuhlasela i-Luftwaffe lilahlekelwe enye indiza, yadutshulwa izikhali ezilwa nezindiza phezu kwe-Tirlemont, eningizimu-mpumalanga ye-Louvain. Umshayeli wemoto unguLieutenant. UGeorg Dörffel ovela ku-5th Staffel walimala kancane, kodwa wakwazi ukuhla ngenkani futhi ngokushesha wabuyela eqenjini lakubo.

Ngo-May 15, 1940, iyunithi yadluliselwa enkundleni yezindiza i-Duras, lapho isekela khona ukuhlasela kwe-6th Army. Ngemuva kokuqashwa kweBrussels ngomhlaka 17 Meyi VIII. I-Fliegerkorps yayingaphansi kwe-Luftflotte 3. Umsebenzi wayo omkhulu kwakuwukusekela amathangi e-Panzergruppe von Kleist, angena endaweni yaseLuxembourg nase-Ardennes ngase-English Channel. Hs 123 A wahlasela izikhundla zaseFrance ngenkathi ewela i-Meuse, wabe esebamba iqhaza eMpini yaseSedan. 18 May 1940 Commander 2nd (Schlacht)/LG XNUMX, Hptm. U-Otto Weiss waba umshayeli wokuqala wokuhlasela owaklonyeliswa nge-Knight's Cross.

Lapho amathangi aseJalimane esondela eDunkirk nase-English Channel ngoMeyi 21, 1940, II. (Sh.) / LG 2 idluliselwe esikhumulweni sezindiza saseCambrai. Ngosuku olulandelayo, iqembu eliqinile lama-Allied tanks lahlasela eduze kwase-Amiens, okuhloswe ngasohlangothini olubuthakathaka lwempumelelo yaseJalimane. Obst. UHans Seidemann, Isikhulu Sabasebenzi VIII. I-Fliegercorps, ezithole isisesikhumulweni sezindiza saseCambrai, yayala ngokushesha zonke izindiza ezihlaselayo kanye namabhomu atshuzayo ukuba asuke. Ngaleso sikhathi, i-biplane eyonakele i-Heinkel He 46 yavela phezu kwesikhumulo sezindiza, engazange izame ngisho nokufika - yehlisa kuphela ukuphakama kwayo kwendiza, futhi umbukeli wayo wehlisa umbiko phansi: Cishe amathangi ezitha angu-40 namaloli angu-150 ahamba ngezinyawo. ehlasela uCambrai evela enyakatho. Okuqukethwe umbiko kwenza izikhulu ezihlangene zabona izinga losongo. I-Cambrai yayiyindawo ebalulekile yokuhlinzeka ngamayunithi amasosha ahlomile, amabutho awo amakhulu asevele eseduze nogu lwe-English Channel. Ngaleso sikhathi, cishe zazingekho izikhali zokulwa nethangi ngemuva. Okuwukuphela kwengozi emathangini ezitha kungaba amabhethri ezibhamu ezilwa nezindiza eziseduze nesikhumulo sezindiza kanye nendiza yokuhlasela i-Hs 123 A.

AbakwaHensley abane, ababeyingxenye yethimba labasebenzi, babe ngabokuqala ukugibela; endaweni yokusebenzela ye-first squadron commander gaptm. Otto Weiss. Ngemva kwemizuzu emibili nje, ebangeni elingamakhilomitha ayisithupha ukusuka enkundleni yezindiza, kwabonakala amathangi ezitha phansi. Njenge-HPTM. U-Otto Weiss: Amathangi ayelungiselela ukuhlasela ngamaqembu ezimoto ezine noma eziyisithupha, ezazibuthene ngaseningizimu yeCanal de la Sensei, futhi ohlangothini lwawo olusenyakatho ikholomu ende yamaloli yayisivele ibonakala endleleni.