Dornier Do 17 part 3
A farkon maraice jirgin na III./KG 2 aka aika zuwa ga hari mayar da hankali a kusa da Charleville. A kan harin da aka kai harin, maharan sun ci karo da wuta mai karfi da sahihanci na kakkabo jiragen sama; Ma'aikatan jirgin shida sun jikkata - matukin jirgin daya daga cikin Dorniers, Ofv. Chilla ya mutu sakamakon raunukan da ya samu a wannan rana a wani asibitin filin Luftwaffe. An harbe wani bam daga 7./KG 2 (Fw. Klöttchen) kuma an kama ma'aikatansa. Biyu ƙarin, gami da jirgin umarni na 9./KG 2, Oblt. Davids, sun lalace sosai kuma an tilasta musu yin saukar gaggawa a filin jirgin saman Biblis. A cikin yankin Vouzier, Ƙungiyoyin I da II./KG 3 sun shiga tsakani da mayakan Hawk C.75 daga GC II./2 da GC III./7 da Hurricanes daga 501 Squadron RAF. Mayakan kawancen sun harbo bama-bamai uku na Do 17 Z tare da lalata wasu biyu.
A ranakun 13 da 14 ga Mayu, 1940, rukunin Wehrmacht, tare da goyon bayan Luftwaffe, sun kama bridgeheads a wancan gefen Meuse a yankin Sedan. Ma'aikatan Do 17 Z na KG 2 sun bambanta da kansu a cikin aiki yayin da suke jefa bama-bamai a wuraren Faransa da daidaito na musamman. Tattaunawar gobarar tsaron saman Faransa ta haifar da asarar jirgin sama guda 7./KG 2 da kuma lahani ga wasu shida. Haka ma'aikatan 17 Z daga KG 76 sun kasance masu aiki sosai; 'Yan kunar bakin wake shida ne suka jikkata sakamakon gobarar kasa.
Do 17 Z suma masu fashewa suna aiki a ranar 15 ga Mayu 1940. Kusan 8 rukunin kusan 00 Dornier Do 40 Z na I. da II./KG 17, Messerschmitt Bf 3 Cs da yawa na tagwaye daga III./ZG 110 suka rako. , harin, an yi watsi da shi kusa da Reims da guguwar 26 Squadron RAF. Messerschmitts sun fatattaki harin, inda suka harbe mayakan Birtaniya biyu tare da rasa nasu biyu. Yayin da ‘yan rakiya ke shagaltuwa wajen yakar abokan gaba, guguwar 1st Squadron RAF ta kai wa maharan hari. Birtaniya sun harbe Do 501 Z guda biyu, amma sun rasa jiragen sama guda biyu da kansu, wanda ke cike da wuta daga masu tayar da jiragen sama.
Kafin 11:00 na safe, bakwai zuwa 17 Zs na 8./KG 76 sun kai hari da No. 3 Squadron RAF sintiri a kusa da Namur Hurricanes. Birtaniya ta harbo wani dan kunar bakin wake daya saboda asarar jiragen guda biyu. Wasu ‘yan bindigar Jamus sun harbe ɗaya daga cikinsu, kuma Laftanar W. Joachim Müncheberg na III ya rubuta dayan a asusunsa. a Luxembourg da mayakan kawance. A wannan rana, manyan hare-haren jiragen sama na KG 26 sune tashoshin jiragen kasa da na'urori a yankin Reims; ‘Yan kunar bakin wake uku ne mayakan suka harbe wasu biyu kuma suka jikkata.
Bayan sun karya ta gaba a Sedan, sojojin Jamus sun fara tafiya mai sauri zuwa bakin tekun Turanci Channel. Babban aikin na Do 17 a yanzu shi ne jefa bama-bamai a ginshikan Allied da ke ja da baya da kuma gungun sojojin da ke mayar da hankali kan gefuna na titin Jamus a kokarin kai hari. A ranar 20 ga watan Mayu ne sojojin da ke dauke da makamai na Wehrmacht suka isa gabar magudanar ruwa, inda suka katse sojojin Belgium, da sojojin ba da agaji na Burtaniya da kuma wani bangare na sojojin Faransa daga sauran dakarun. A ranar 27 ga Mayu, an fara kwashe sojojin Burtaniya daga Dunkirk. Luftwaffe ya fuskanci wani aiki mai wuyar gaske yayin da yankin Dunkirk ke tsakanin mayakan RAF da ke gabashin Ingila. Da sassafe wani Do 17 Z na KG 2 ya bayyana a kan abin da aka hari; Gefru ya tuna da aikin. Helmut Heimann - ma'aikacin rediyo a cikin ma'aikatan jirgin U5 + CL daga 3./KG 2:
A ranar 27 ga Mayu, sun tashi da karfe 7:10 daga filin jirgin saman Gainsheim don gudanar da wani jirgi mai aiki a yankin Dunkirk-Ostend-Zebrugge tare da aikin dakatar da ja da baya na sojojin Burtaniya daga Faransa. Bayan isowar da muka yi ba iyaka, mun isa can a tsayin mita 1500. Makartun yaki da jiragen sama sun yi harbi daidai. Mun sassauta odar maɓallai guda ɗaya, farawa da dodges masu haske don yin wahalar da masu harbi su yi niyya. Mun isa dama a cikin ma'ajiyar maɓalli na ƙarshe, wanda shine dalilin da ya sa muka kira kanmu "Kugelfang" (mai kama harsashi).
Nan da nan na ga mayaka guda biyu sun nufo mu kai tsaye. Nan da nan na yi ihu: “Ku duba, mayaka biyu daga baya a dama!” kuma ku shirya bindigar ku don harbi. Peter Broich ya saki iskar gas don rufe tazarar motar da ke gabanmu. Don haka mu uku muka iya harbin mayakan. Daya daga cikin mayakan ya kai hari da bacin rai da ba a taba ganin irinsa ba, duk da harbin da muke yi na karewa da ci gaba da harbin jirage masu saukar ungulu, sannan ya tashi sama da mu. Lokacin da ya birkice mu tare da murzawa, sai muka ga kasan kwanonsa an yi musu fentin fari da baki.
Ya kai hari na biyu daga dama zuwa hagu, yana harbin makullin karshe a layin. Daga baya, ya sake nuna mana bakuna a kan fuka-fukinsa, ya tashi tare da abokinsa, wanda ya rufe shi kullum ba tare da yin yaƙi ba. Ya daina ganin sakamakon harin nasa. Bayan nasarar da muka samu, dole ne mu kashe daya daga cikin injinan, muka rabu da samuwar kuma mu hanzarta komawa.
Mun harba wuta a kan tashar jirgin sama na Moselle-Trier kuma muka fara saukar jirgi. Duka glider ɗin ya yi ta raɗawa da karkaɗe ko'ina, amma, duk da injin guda ɗaya da ke gudu da tayoyin da harsasai suka huda, Peter ya sa motar a hankali. Jarumin mu Do 17 ya sauka sama da hits 300. Sakamakon fashewar tankunan iskar oxygen da suka lalace, wasu tarkace sun makale a cikin kirjina, don haka sai na je asibitin da ke Trier.
Maɓallai guda huɗu na III./KG 17 Do 3 Z, waɗanda ke ɗaure tankunan mai zuwa yamma da tashar jiragen ruwa, sun yi mamaki da wani harin ba-zata da rundunar ‘yan sandan Spitfire ta kai. Ba tare da murfin farauta ba, maharan ba su da wata dama; cikin mintuna kadan kuma an harbe shida daga cikinsu. A lokaci guda komawa zuwa tushe Do 17 Z daga II. da III./KG 2 Spitfires na No. 65 Squadron RAF sun kai hari. Mayakan Birtaniyya sun harbo wasu bama-bamai na Do 17 Z guda uku sannan wasu uku sun samu munanan raunuka.
