Henschel Hs 123 part 2

Henschel Hs 123

Hnub pib ntawm kev tawm tsam German nyob rau sab hnub poob, II.(shl.) / LG 2 yog ib feem ntawm VIII. Fliegerkorps nyob rau hauv cov lus txib ntawm Major General. Wolfram von Richthofen. Lub assault squadron tau nruab nrog 50 Hs 123 aircraft, 45 uas tau npaj txhij rau kev sib ntaus sib tua. Hs 123 coj mus rau saum huab cua thaum kaj ntug rau 10 Tsib Hlis 1940 nrog lub hom phiaj ntawm kev tawm tsam Belgian cov tub rog ntawm cov choj thiab hla Albert Canal. Lub hom phiaj ntawm lawv cov dej num yog los txhawb kev tshem tawm ntawm cov tub rog tua neeg tua neeg uas tau tsaws ntawm lub nkoj thauj gliders ntawm Fort Eben-Emael.

Hnub tom qab, ib pab pawg ntawm Hs 123 A escorted los ntawm Messerschmitt Bf 109 E fighters tau tawm tsam lub tshav dav hlau Belgian ze Geneff, txog 10 km sab hnub poob ntawm Liège. Thaum lub sijhawm tawm tsam, muaj cuaj lub dav hlau Fairey Fox thiab ib lub dav hlau Morane-Saulnier MS.230 ntawm lub tshav dav hlau, uas tau koom nrog 5th Squadron III ntawm 1st Belgian Aéronautique Militaire Regiment. Attack pilots rhuav tshem xya ntawm cuaj lub dav hlau nyob hauv av.

Fairy Fox hom.

Nyob rau tib hnub nyob rau yav tav su, thaum lub sij hawm ib tug nres ntawm lub tshav dav hlau Saint-Tron, anti-aircraft artillery tua ib tug Hs 123 A los ntawm II. (Schl.) / LG 2. Renard R.31 reconnaissance aircraft, serial tooj 7 los ntawm 9 pawg tub rog 1, pawg tub rog XNUMXth tub rog. Ob lub tsheb raug puas tsuaj tag thiab hlawv.

Hnub Sunday 12 Lub Tsib Hlis 1940 cov tub rog tau poob lwm tus Henschl Hs 123 tua los ntawm Fabkis tus tub rog. Hnub tom qab, 13 Tsib Hlis, pawg tub rog poob lwm Hs 123 A - lub tshuab raug tua thaum 13:00 los ntawm British fighter pilot Sergeant Roy Wilkinson, uas tau tsav lub Hawker Hurricane (N2353) los ntawm 3 Squadron RAF.

Hnub Tuesday, 14 Tsib Hlis 1940, ib lub kaum Hs 123A's, escorted los ntawm ib tug swarm ntawm Bf 109Es los ntawm II./JG 2, tau tawm tsam ze Louvain los ntawm ib pab pawg loj ntawm Hurricanes los ntawm Nos. 242 thiab 607 Squadrons RAF. Cov neeg Askiv tau siv lawv cov lej zoo tshaj los tua ob lub Hs 123 A uas yog 5. (Schl.)/LG2; pilots ntawm downed aircraft - Uffz. Karl-Siegfried Lukel thiab Lieutenant Georg Ritter - lawv tau khiav tawm. Tsis ntev los no ob leeg tau pom los ntawm armored units ntawm lub Wehrmacht thiab rov qab mus rau lawv haiv neeg. Peb qhov kev tawm tsam Hurricanes raug tua tsis tau poob los ntawm II./JG 2 tus neeg tsav dav hlau, thiab thib plaub los ntawm ob Hs 123 A, uas tau tswj kom tawm tsam tus neeg tawm tsam thiab tua nrog lawv tus kheej rab phom tshuab!

Nyob rau yav tav su, Luftwaffe tub ceev xwm tua phom poob lwm lub dav hlau, tua los ntawm cov dav hlau tiv thaiv dav hlau hla Tirlemont, sab qab teb ntawm Louvain. Tus tsav ntawm lub tsheb yog Lieutenant. Georg Dörffel ntawm 5th Staffel - tau raug mob me ntsis, tab sis tswj tau los tsaws thiab sai sai rov qab mus rau nws haiv neeg tub rog.

Thaum lub Tsib Hlis 15, 1940, lub tsev tau raug xa mus rau Duras tshav dav hlau, los ntawm qhov uas nws txhawb nqa kev tawm tsam ntawm 6th Army. Tom qab kev ua haujlwm ntawm Brussels rau 17 Tsib Hlis VIII. Fliegerkorps yog subordinate rau Luftflotte 3. Nws lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb yog los txhawb Panzergruppe von Kleist tso tsheb hlau luam, uas nkag mus rau thaj chaw ntawm Luxembourg thiab Ardennes mus rau Askiv Channel. Hs 123 A tau tawm tsam Fabkis txoj haujlwm thaum hla Meuse, thiab tom qab ntawd tau koom nrog kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm Sedan. 18 May 1940 Commander 2nd (Schlacht)/LG XNUMX, Hptm. Otto Weiss yog thawj tus tsav dav hlau tau txais txiaj ntsig Knight's Cross.

Thaum lub Tsib Hlis 21, 1940, German tso tsheb hlau luam tuaj txog Dunkirk thiab ntug dej ntawm Askiv Channel, II. (L) / LG 2 pauv mus rau Cambrai tshav dav hlau. Hnub tom qab, ib pab pawg neeg muaj zog ntawm Allied tso tsheb hlau luam tawm tsam ze ntawm Amiens tawm tsam qhov tsis muaj zog ntawm German kev tawg. Obst. Hans Seidemann, Chief of Staff VIII. Lub Fliegercorps, uas nyob ntawm Cambrai Tshav Dav Hlau, tam sim ntawd hais kom txhua lub dav hlau tua hluav taws thiab cov neeg tawg rog dhia tawm mus. Lub sijhawm ntawd, lub dav hlau Heinkel He 46 kev puas tsuaj tau tshwm sim thoob plaws lub tshav dav hlau, uas tseem tsis tau sim tsaws - nws tsuas yog txo qis nws qhov dav dav, thiab nws cov neeg soj ntsuam tau poob ib tsab ntawv ceeb toom rau hauv av: Txog 40 tus yeeb ncuab tso tsheb hlau luam thiab 150 infantry tsheb thauj khoom. tawm tsam Cambrai los ntawm sab qaum teb. Cov ntsiab lus ntawm tsab ntawv ceeb toom ua rau cov tub ceev xwm sib sau ua ke paub txog qhov loj ntawm qhov kev hem thawj. Cambrai yog qhov chaw muab khoom tseem ceeb rau qhov chaw ntawm cov tub rog tub rog, cov tub rog tseem ceeb uas twb nyob ze rau ntawm ntug dej ntawm Askiv Channel. Lub sijhawm ntawd, tsis muaj riam phom tiv thaiv tank nyob rau sab nraub qaum. Tsuas yog cov roj teeb ntawm cov phom tiv thaiv dav hlau nyob ib ncig ntawm lub tshav dav hlau thiab Hs 123 A tua dav hlau tuaj yeem ua rau muaj kev phom sij rau cov yeeb ncuab tso tsheb hlau luam.

Plaub Hensleys, uas koom nrog cov neeg ua haujlwm pob, yog thawj coj tawm; nyob rau hauv lub cockpit ntawm thawj squadron commander gaptm. Otto Weiss. Tsuas yog ob feeb tom qab ntawd, ntawm qhov deb ntawm rau mais ntawm tshav dav hlau, cov yeeb ncuab tso tsheb hlau luam tau pom nyob hauv av. Zoo li HPTM. Otto Weiss: Cov tso tsheb hlau luam tau npaj los tawm tsam hauv cov pab pawg ntawm plaub lossis rau lub tsheb uas tau sib sau ua ke nyob rau sab qab teb ntawm Canal de la Sensei, thiab nyob rau sab qaum teb ib kab ntev ntawm cov tsheb thauj khoom twb pom ntawm txoj hauv kev.