Dornier Do 17 gawo 3
Madzulo, ndege zochokera ku III./KG 2 zidalunjikitsidwa kumalo ozungulira Charleville. Pa chandamale, oponya mabombawo adakumana ndi moto wolemetsa komanso wolondola wotsutsa ndege; mamembala asanu ndi mmodzi anavulala - woyendetsa mmodzi wa Dorniers, Ofv. Csilla anamwalira ndi kuvulala kwake tsiku lomwelo m'chipatala cha Luftwaffe. Wophulitsa bomba wina wochokera ku 7./KG 2 (Fw. Klöttchen) adawomberedwa ndipo ogwira nawo ntchito adagwidwa. Zina ziwiri, kuphatikiza ndege yolamula ya 9./KG 2, Oblt. Davids, adawonongeka kwambiri ndikukakamizidwa kuti atsike mwadzidzidzi pa eyapoti ya Byblis. M'dera la Vouziers, Magulu I ndi II./KG 3 adagwidwa ndi asilikali a Hawk C.75 ochokera ku GC II./2 ndi GC III./7 ndi Hurricanes kuchokera ku 501 Squadron RAF. Omenyera nkhondo ogwirizana adawombera mabomba atatu a Do 17 Z ndikuwononga ena awiri.
Pa Meyi 13 ndi 14, 1940, magulu a Wehrmacht, mothandizidwa ndi Luftwaffe, adalanda ma bridgeheads kutsidya lina la Meuse mdera la Sedan. Ogwira ntchito ku Do 17 Z a KG 2 adadzisiyanitsa ndikuchitapo kanthu pomwe amawombera malo aku France molondola kwambiri. Kuwotcha kwa chitetezo cha ndege ku France kunapangitsa kuti ndege imodzi iwonongeke 7./KG 2 ndikuwonongeka kwa ena asanu ndi limodzi. Do 17 Z crews from KG 76 nawonso anali achangu kwambiri; mabomba asanu ndi limodzi awonongeka ndi moto wapansi.
Mabomba a Do 17 Z analinso akugwira ntchito pa 15 May 1940. Pafupi 8 gulu la pafupifupi 00 Dornier Do 40 Z la I. ndi II./KG 17, loperekezedwa ndi angapo injini yamapasa Messerschmitt Bf 3 Cs kuchokera ku III./ZG 110 , ataukiridwa, anasiyidwa pafupi ndi Reims ndi mphepo yamkuntho ya 26 Squadron RAF. A Messerschmitts anakana chiwembucho, kugwetsa asilikali awiri a ku Britain ndi kutaya awiri awo. Pamene operekeza anali otanganidwa kulimbana ndi adani, oponya mabombawo anaukiridwa ndi Hurricanes of 1st Squadron RAF. A British adawombera Do 501 Z awiri, koma adataya ndege ziwiri ndi iwo eni, atadzazidwa ndi moto kuchokera kwa owombera ndege.
Itangotsala pang'ono 11:00 am, asanu ndi awiri mpaka 17 Zs a 8./KG 76 adawukiridwa ndi No. 3 Squadron RAF akuyendayenda pafupi ndi Namur Hurricanes. A British adawombera bomba limodzi chifukwa cha kutayika kwa ndege ziwiri. Mmodzi wa iwo anawomberedwa ndi oponya mabomba a ku Germany, ndipo winayo adatchulidwa ku akaunti yake ndi Lieutenant W. Joachim Müncheberg wa III./JG 26. Chakumapeto kwa madzulo, 6./KG 3 inataya Do 17 ina, itawombera. ku Luxembourg ndi Allied fighters. Tsiku limenelo, zolinga zazikulu za ndege za KG 2 zinali masitima apamtunda ndi kuikapo m'dera la Reims; mabomba atatu anawomberedwa ndi omenyana ndipo ena awiri awonongeka.
Atadutsa kutsogolo ku Sedan, asilikali a Germany anayamba ulendo wopita ku gombe la English Channel. Cholinga chachikulu cha Do 17 tsopano chinali kuphulitsa mizati yobwerera kumbuyo ndi magulu ankhondo a Allied omwe anali akuyang'ana m'mphepete mwa msewu waku Germany poyesa kuukira. Pa Meyi 20, zida zankhondo za Wehrmacht zidafika m'mphepete mwa ngalandeyo, ndikudula gulu lankhondo la Belgian, Briteni Expeditionary Force ndi gawo lankhondo la France kuchokera kumagulu ena onse. Pa Meyi 27, kuthamangitsidwa kwa asitikali aku Britain ku Dunkirk kudayamba. A Luftwaffe adakumana ndi ntchito yovuta chifukwa dera la Dunkirk linali mkati mwa omenyera nkhondo a RAF omwe amakhala kum'mawa kwa England. M'mawa kwambiri Do 17 Z wa KG 2 adawonekera pa cholinga; Gefr anakumbukira zomwe anachita. Helmut Heimann - woyendetsa wailesi ngati m'gulu la ogwira ntchito pa ndege ya U5 + CL kuchokera ku 3./KG 2:
Pa Meyi 27, tinanyamuka nthawi ya 7:10 kuchokera ku eyapoti ya Geinsheim kupita kudera la Dunkirk - Ostend - Zeebrugge ndi ntchito yoletsa kuthawa kwa asitikali aku Britain kuchokera ku France. Titafika kosatha kumene tikupita, tinadzipeza tiri pamalo okwera mamita 1500. Zida zolimbana ndi ndege zinawombera molondola kwambiri. Tasintha dongosolo la makiyi amtundu uliwonse pang'ono, kuyambira ndi ma dodge osavuta kuti zikhale zovuta kwa owombera. Tinafika kudzanja lamanja pamalo osungiramo kiyi yomaliza, chifukwa chake tidadzitcha "Kugelfang" (chowombera zipolopolo).
Mwadzidzidzi ndinaona zigawenga ziwiri zikulunjika kwa ife. Nthaŵi yomweyo ndinafuula kuti: “Samalani, omenyana aŵiri ali kuseri kumanja!” ndi kukonzekera mfuti kuwombera. Peter Broich anachepetsera mafuta kuti atseke mtunda wa galimoto yomwe inali kutsogolo kwathu. Motero, atatufe tinatha kuwombera zigawengazo. Mmodzi mwa omenyanawo adawukira ndi ukali wosaneneka, ngakhale moto wathu wodzitchinjiriza ndi moto wosalekeza wotsutsana ndi ndege, ndiyeno adawulukira molunjika pa ife. Pamene imatiyang’ana m’mbuyo mokhotakhota molimba, tinaona nsonga zake zapansi, zotuwa zoyera ndi zakuda.
Anapanga chiwembu chake chachiwiri kuchokera kumanja kupita kumanzere, akumawombera makiyi omaliza pamzere. Kenako anatisonyezanso mauta a m’mapiko ake n’kuwulukira limodzi ndi mnzake amene ankamuphimba nthawi zonse popanda kumenya nawo nkhondo. Sanaonenso zotsatira za kuukira kwake. Pambuyo pa kugunda bwino, tinayenera kuzimitsa imodzi mwa injini, kusiya kupanga ndikuthamangira kubwerera.
Tinayatsa moto pabwalo la ndege la Moselle-Trier ndikuyamba kutera. Chouluka chonsecho chinagwedezeka ndikugwedezeka kumbali zonse, koma, ngakhale injini imodzi yokha ikuthamanga ndi matayala oboola ndi zipolopolo, Peter anayika galimotoyo pa lamba bwino. Do 17 yathu yolimba mtima idagunda kupitilira 300. Chifukwa cha kuphulika kwa matanki osweka a okosijeni, zidutswa zingapo za zinyalala zinanditsekereza m’chifuwa mwanga, chotero ndinafunikira kupita ku Infirmary ku Trier.
Makiyi anayi a III./KG 17 Do 3 Z, omwe amasakaza matanki amafuta kumadzulo kwa doko, adadzidzimuka ndi gulu lankhondo la Spitfire. Popanda kusaka, oponya mabombawo analibe mwayi; Mphindi zochepa, asanu ndi mmodzi a iwo anawomberedwa pansi. Nthawi yomweyo kubwerera ku maziko Do 17 Z kuchokera II. ndi III./KG 2 adagonjetsedwa ndi Spitfires of No. 65 Squadron RAF. Omenyera nkhondo aku Britain adaponya mabomba atatu a Do 17 Z ndipo ena atatu adawonongeka kwambiri.
