Henschel Hs 123 cz.2
Henschel Hs 123
A ranar da Jamus ta fara kai hare-hare a Yamma, II.(shl.) / LG 2 wani bangare ne na VIII. Fliegerkorps karkashin jagorancin Major General. Wolfram von Richthofen asalin Rundunar ta kai harin na dauke da jiragen sama 50 Hs 123, 45 daga cikinsu a shirye suke domin yaki. Hs 123 ya tashi da iska a safiyar ranar 10 ga Mayu 1940 tare da aikin kai hari ga sojojin Belgium a gadoji da mashigar ruwa na Albert Canal. Manufar ayyukansu ita ce tallafa wa wasu gungun ‘yan bindigar da suka sauka a kan masu safara a Fort Eben-Emael.
Washegari, wasu gungun Hs 123 A da ke rakiyar mayaka Messerschmitt Bf 109 E sun kai hari a filin jirgin saman Belgium kusa da Geneff, kimanin kilomita 10 yamma da Liège. A lokacin farmakin, akwai jirgin sama na Fairey Fox guda tara da daya Morane-Saulnier MS.230 a filin jirgin sama, wanda ya kasance na 5th Squadron III na 1st Belgian Aéronautique Militaire Regiment. Matukin jirgin da suka kai harin sun lalata jiragen sama bakwai daga cikin tara da ke kasa.
Fairy Fox nau'in.
A wannan rana da rana, yayin wani samame da aka kai a filin jirgin sama na Saint-Tron, an harbo makami mai lamba Hs 123 A daga II. (Schl.) / LG 2. Renard R.31 jirgin leken asiri, serial number 7 from 9 squadron 1, squadron na XNUMXth. Dukkan motocin biyu sun lalace kuma sun kone.
A ranar Lahadi 12 ga Mayu 1940 tawagar ta yi asarar wani Henschl Hs 123 da wani sojan Faransa ya harbo. Washegari, 13 ga Mayu, tawagar ta rasa wani Hs 123 A - an harbo na'urar da karfe 13:00 ta hannun matukin jirgin yakin Burtaniya Sajan Roy Wilkinson, wanda ke tuka guguwar Hawker (N2353) daga 3 Squadron RAF.
A ranar Talata 14 ga Mayu 1940, Hs 123As dozin dozin, tare da gungun Bf 109Es daga II./JG 2, an kai hari kusa da Louvain da babban rukunin Hurricanes daga 242 da 607 Squadrons RAF. Birtaniya sun yi amfani da damar su na lamba don harba Hs 123 A guda biyu na 5. (Schl.)/LG2; matukan jirgin da aka saukar - Uffz. Karl-Siegfried Lückel da Lieutenant Georg Ritter - sun yi nasarar tserewa. Ba da daɗewa ba ƙungiyoyin sulke na Wehrmacht suka gano su duka kuma suka koma sashin gidansu. Matukin jirgin na II./JG 2 ne suka harbo guguwa guda uku da suka kai hari ba tare da asara ba, sai na hudun ta biyu Hs 123 A, wadanda suka yi nasarar fatattakar maharin sannan suka harbe su da nasu bindigu!
Da yammacin ranar, tawagar harin na Luftwaffe sun yi asarar wani jirgin sama, da makami mai linzami ya harbo a Tirlemont, kudu maso gabashin Louvain. Matukin motar Laftanar ne. Georg Dörffel na Staffel na 5 ya ɗan sami rauni kaɗan, amma ya sami damar yin saukar tilas kuma nan da nan ya koma tawagarsa.
A ranar 15 ga Mayu, 1940, an tura ƙungiyar zuwa filin jirgin sama na Duras, inda ta goyi bayan harin na 6th Army. Bayan mamayar Brussels a ranar 17 ga Mayu VIII. Fliegerkorps ya kasance ƙarƙashin Luftflotte 3. Babban aikinsa shi ne tallafawa tankunan Panzergruppe von Kleist, wanda ya ratsa yankin Luxembourg da Ardennes zuwa tashar Turanci. Hs 123 A ya kai hari ga matsayi na Faransa yayin ketare Meuse, sannan ya shiga cikin yakin Sedan. 18 Mayu 1940 Kwamandan 2nd (Schlacht) / LG XNUMX, Hptm. Otto Weiss shine matukin jirgi na farko da aka ba da kyautar Cross Cross.
Lokacin da tankunan Jamus suka kusanci Dunkirk da tashar Turanci a ranar 21 ga Mayu, 1940, II. (Sh.) / LG 2 ya koma filin jirgin Cambrai. Washegari, wani gungun tankokin yaƙi masu ƙarfi sun kai hari a kusa da Amiens, da nufin rashin ƙarfi na ci gaban Jamus. Matsala Hans Seidemann, Shugaban Ma'aikata na VIII. Kungiyar ta Fliegercorps, wacce ta samu kanta a filin jirgin saman Cambrai, nan take ta ba da umarnin duk wani jirgin da zai iya kai hari da masu nutsewar bama-bamai da su tashi. A wannan lokacin, wani jirgin saman leken asiri kirar Heinkel He 46 da ya lalace ya bayyana a saman filin jirgin, wanda ko da yake bai yi yunkurin sauka ba - sai dai ya sauke tsayin daka, kuma mai lura da shi ya jefar da wani rahoto a kasa: Kimanin tankokin yaki 40 da manyan motocin yaki 150 ne. kai hari Cambrai daga arewa. Abubuwan da rahoton ya kunsa sun sanya jami’an da suka hallara sun fahimci girman barazanar. Cambrai ya kasance mahimmin wurin samar da raka'a na gawawwaki masu sulke, wanda manyan sojojin da tuni sun kasance kusa da gabar Tekun Ingilishi. A wancan lokacin, kusan babu makaman kare-dangi a baya mai nisa. Hadarin da ke tattare da tankunan abokan gaba zai iya zama batir na bindigogi masu saukar ungulu da ke kusa da filin jirgin sama da jirgin Hs 123 A harin.
Hensleys hudu, wadanda ke cikin kunshin ma'aikatan, su ne suka fara tashi; a cikin kokfit na farko squadron kwamandan gaptm. Otto Weiss. Bayan mintuna biyu kacal, a nisan kilomita shida daga filin jirgin, an ga tankokin makiya a kasa. Kamar HPTM. Otto Weiss: Tankokin na shirin kai hari a rukuni na motoci hudu ko shida da suka taru a kudancin Canal de la Sensei, kuma a gefen arewacinta an riga an ga dogon ginshiƙi na manyan motoci a kan gaba.
