Henschel Hs 123 gawo 2
Henschel Hs 123
Patsiku lomwe nkhondo ya Germany idayamba Kumadzulo, II.(shl.) / LG 2 inali gawo la VIII. Fliegerkorps motsogozedwa ndi Major General. Wolfram von Richthofen. Gulu lomenyera nkhondo linali ndi ndege za 50 Hs 123, 45 zomwe zinali zokonzeka kumenya nkhondo. Hs 123 inayamba m'bandakucha pa 10 May 1940 ndi ntchito yomenyana ndi asilikali a Belgian pa milatho ndi kuwoloka kwa Albert Canal. Cholinga cha ntchito zawo chinali kuthandiza gulu la owombera anthu omwe adafika pama gider ku Fort Eben-Emael.
Tsiku lotsatira, gulu la Hs 123 A loperekezedwa ndi asilikali a Messerschmitt Bf 109 E linaukira bwalo la ndege la Belgian pafupi ndi Geneff, pafupifupi 10 km kumadzulo kwa Liège. Pa nthawi ya nkhondoyi, panali ndege zisanu ndi zinayi za Fairey Fox ndi ndege imodzi ya Morane-Saulnier MS.230 pa eyapoti, yomwe inali ya 5th Squadron III ya 1 Belgian Aéronautique Militaire Regiment. Oyendetsa ndege za Attack adawononga ndege zisanu ndi ziwiri mwa zisanu ndi zinayi zomwe zinali pansi.
Mtundu wa Fairy Fox.
Patsiku lomwelo masana, panthawi yowononga ndege ya Saint-Tron, zida zotsutsana ndi ndege zinawombera Hs 123 A kuchokera ku II. (Schl.) / LG 2. Renard R.31 reconnaissance ndege, siriyo nambala 7 kuchokera 9 squadron 1, squadron XNUMXth regiment. Magalimoto onse aŵiriwo anawonongeka kotheratu ndi kuwotchedwa.
Lamlungu pa Meyi 12, 1940 gulu lankhondo linataya gulu lina la Henschl Hs 123 lomwe linawomberedwa ndi wankhondo waku France. Tsiku lotsatira, May 13, gululo linataya Hs 123 A - makinawo adawomberedwa ku 13:00 ndi woyendetsa ndege wa British Sergeant Roy Wilkinson, yemwe anali kuyendetsa ndege ya Hawker Hurricane (N2353) kuchokera ku 3 Squadron RAF.
Lachiwiri, 14 May 1940, khumi ndi awiri a Hs 123A, operekezedwa ndi gulu la Bf 109Es kuchokera ku II./JG 2, anaukiridwa pafupi ndi Louvain ndi gulu lalikulu la Hurricanes kuchokera ku Nos. 242 ndi 607 Squadrons RAF. Anthu a ku Britain anatha kugwiritsa ntchito manambala awo apamwamba kuti agwetse ma Hs 123 A awiri a 5. (Schl.)/LG2; oyendetsa ndege zotsika - Uffz. Karl-Siegfried Lukel ndi Lieutenant Georg Ritter - adatha kuthawa. Posakhalitsa onsewa adapezeka ndi zida zankhondo za Wehrmacht ndikubwerera kudera lawo. Mphepo zamkuntho zitatu zowukira anawomberedwa popanda kutayika ndi oyendetsa ndege a II./JG 2, ndipo wachinayi anawomberedwa ndi aŵiri a Hs 123 A, amene anatha kugonjetsa woukirayo ndiyeno kuwombera ndi mfuti zawozawo!
Madzulo, gulu lankhondo la Luftwaffe linataya ndege ina, yomwe idawomberedwa ndi zida zotsutsana ndi ndege ku Tirlemont, kum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Louvain. Woyendetsa galimotoyo ndi Lieutenant. Georg Dörffel wa 5 Staffel - anavulazidwa pang'ono, koma anatha kutera ndipo posakhalitsa anabwerera ku squadron kwawo.
Pa May 15, 1940, gululo linasamutsidwa ku bwalo la ndege la Duras, kumene linathandizira kukhumudwitsa kwa 6th Army. Pambuyo pa ntchito ya Brussels pa 17 May VIII. Fliegerkorps anali pansi pa Luftflotte 3. Ntchito yake yaikulu inali kuthandizira akasinja a Panzergruppe von Kleist, omwe adalowa m'dera la Luxembourg ndi Ardennes kulowera ku English Channel. Hs 123 A adaukira malo achi French akuwoloka Meuse, kenako adatenga nawo gawo pankhondo ya Sedan. 18 May 1940 Commander 2nd (Schlacht)/LG XNUMX, Hptm. Otto Weiss anali woyendetsa ndege woyamba kupatsidwa Knight's Cross.
Pamene pa May 21, 1940, akasinja a ku Germany anafika ku Dunkirk ndi magombe a English Channel, II. (L) / LG 2 idasamutsidwa ku Cambrai Airport. Tsiku lotsatira, gulu lamphamvu la akasinja a Allied linalimbana ndi Amiens motsutsana ndi mbali yofooka ya Germany. Obst. Hans Seidemann, Chief of Staff VIII. A Fliegercorps, omwe anali pabwalo la ndege la Cambrai, nthawi yomweyo adalamula kuti ndege zonse zowukira komanso zoponya mabomba zoponya pansi zinyamuke. Panthawi imeneyo, ndege yowonongeka ya Heinkel He 46 inawonekera pabwalo la ndege, yomwe siinayese n'komwe kutera - idangotsika pamtunda wake, ndipo wowonerayo adagwetsa lipoti pansi: Pafupifupi akasinja 40 a adani ndi magalimoto oyenda 150 akuyenda. kuukira Cambrai kuchokera kumpoto. Zomwe zili mu lipotilo zidapangitsa apolisi omwe adasonkhanawo kuzindikira kukula kwa chiwopsezocho. Cambrai inali malo ofunikira kwambiri a zida zankhondo, zomwe zidali pafupi ndi magombe a English Channel. Panthawiyo, kunalibe zida zotsutsana ndi akasinja kumbuyo. Mabatire okhawo a mfuti zotsutsana ndi ndege zomwe zili mozungulira bwalo la ndege ndi Hs 123 Ndege zowukira zitha kukhala zoopsa kwa akasinja a adani.
Anayi a Hensley, omwe anali m'gulu la antchito, anali oyamba kunyamuka; mu cockpit ya first squadron commander gaptm. Otto Weiss. Mphindi ziwiri zokha pambuyo pake, pamtunda wa makilomita asanu ndi limodzi kuchokera ku bwalo la ndege, akasinja a adani adawoneka pansi. Monga HPTM. Otto Weiss: Akasinja anali akukonzekera kuukira m'magulu a magalimoto anayi kapena asanu ndi limodzi, omwe anali atasonkhana kumwera kwa Canal de la Sensei, ndipo kumbali yake yakumpoto mzere wautali wa magalimoto unali kuonekera kale panjira.
