Henschel Hs 123 hapa 2

Henschel Hs 123

I ka lā i hoʻomaka ai ka hoʻouka kaua Kelemania ma ke Komohana, II.(shl.) / LG 2 he ʻāpana o ka VIII. Fliegerkorps malalo o ke alakai ana a Mekia Generala. ʻO Wolfram von Richthofen. Ua lako ka pūʻali hoʻouka kaua me 50 Hs 123 mokulele, 45 o ia mau mea i mākaukau no ke kaua. Ua lele ʻo Hs 123 i ka lewa i ka wanaʻao i ka lā 10 Mei 1940 me ka huakaʻi o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i nā pūʻali koa Belgian ma nā alahaka a me nā alahaka o ka Canal Albert. ʻO ke kumu o kā lākou mau hana, ʻo ia ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka pūʻali o nā poʻe pana paratrooper i pae ma luna o nā moku holo moku ma Fort Eben-Emael.

I ka lā aʻe, ua hoʻouka kekahi pūʻulu o Hs 123 A i alakaʻi ʻia e Messerschmitt Bf 109 E i kahi mokulele Belgian kokoke i Geneff, ma kahi o 10 km komohana o Liège. I ka manawa o ka hoouka kaua, he eiwa mau mokulele Fairey Fox a me hookahi mokulele Morane-Saulnier MS.230 ma ke kahua mokulele, nona ka 5th Squadron III o ka 1st Belgian Aéronautique Militaire Regiment. Ua luku ʻia e nā pailaka hoʻouka kaua ʻehiku o nā mokulele ʻeiwa ma ka honua.

ʻAno Fairy Fox.

Ma ia lā hoʻokahi o ke awakea, i ka wā o kahi hoʻouka kaua ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Saint-Tron, ua kī ʻia nā pū kaua anti-aircraft i hoʻokahi Hs 123 A mai II. (Schl.) / LG 2. Renard R.31 reconnaissance aircraft, serial number 7 mai. 9 squadron 1, squadron XNUMXth regiment. Ua pau loa nā kaʻa ʻelua a pau i ke ahi.

Ma ka la Sabati la 12 o Mei 1940, ua lilo hou aku ka Henschl Hs 123 i ka pana ia e kekahi kanaka Farani. I ka lā aʻe, 13 Mei, ua lilo hou ka pūʻali koa Hs 123 A - ua kī ʻia ka mīkini i ka hola 13:00 e ka mea hoʻokele kaua Pelekane ʻo Sergeant Roy Wilkinson, ka mea e hoʻokele ana i kahi Hawker Hurricane (N2353) mai ka 3 Squadron RAF.

Ma ka Poalua la 14 o Mei 1940, ua hooukaia he kanakini Hs 123A, i ukali pu ia me ka puali o Bf 109Es mai II./JG 2, ma kahi kokoke i Louvain e kekahi hui nui o na Hurricanes mai 242 a me 607 Squadrons RAF. Ua hoʻohana ka poʻe Pelekāne i kā lākou pono helu e pana i lalo i ʻelua Hs 123 A nona ka 5. (Schl.)/LG2; nā pailaka o nā mokulele i hāʻule - Uffz. ʻO Karl-Siegfried Lückel lāua ʻo Lieutenant Georg Ritter - ua pakele lāua. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu ua ʻike ʻia lāua ʻelua e nā pūʻali koa Wehrmacht a hoʻi i ko lākou ʻāpana home. ʻEkolu mau Hurricane hoʻouka kaua i pana ʻia i lalo me ka pohō ʻole e nā pailaka o II./JG 2, a ʻo ka hā e ʻelua Hs 123 A, nāna i hoʻokō i ka hoʻopunipuni ʻana i ka mea hoʻouka ʻia a kiʻi iā lākou me kā lākou mau pū mīkini ponoʻī!

I ka ʻauinalā, ua nalowale kekahi mokulele ʻē aʻe i ka pūʻali hoʻouka kaua Luftwaffe, i kī ʻia e nā pū kaua anti-aircraft ma luna o Tirlemont, hikina hema o Louvain. He lutanela ka pailaka o ke kaa. Ua ʻeha iki ʻo Georg Dörffel mai ka 5th Staffel, akā ua hoʻokō ʻo ia i kahi pae koi a hoʻi koke i kona pūʻali koa home.

Ma ka lā 15 o Mei, 1940, ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia ka pūʻali i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Duras, kahi i kākoʻo ai i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana o ka pūʻali koa 6. Ma hope o ka noho ʻana o Brussels i ka lā 17 Mei VIII. ʻO Fliegerkorps ma lalo o Luftflotte 3. ʻO kāna hana nui ʻo ia ke kākoʻo i nā tank Panzergruppe von Kleist, i komo i ka ʻāina o Luxembourg a me Ardennes i ke Channel English. Hs 123 A hoouka aku i na kulana Palani i ka wa e hele ana i ka Meuse, a ua komo i ke kaua o Sedana. 18 Mei 1940 Luna Hoʻokele 2nd (Schlacht)/LG XNUMX, Hptm. ʻO Otto Weiss ka mea hoʻokele hoʻouka kaua mua i loaʻa i ke Keʻa Naita.

I ka hoʻokokoke ʻana o nā kaʻa kaʻa Kelemania iā Dunkirk a me ka English Channel ma Mei 21, 1940, II. (Sh.) / LG 2 ua hoʻoili ʻia i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Cambrai. I ka lā aʻe, ua kūʻē kekahi pūʻulu koa o nā kaʻa Allied ma kahi o Amiens, e kuhikuhi ana i ka ʻaoʻao nāwaliwali o ka hoʻokūkū Kelemania. Obst. Hans Seidemann, Luna Nui VIII. ʻO ka Fliegercorps, ka mea i loaʻa iā ia iho ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Cambrai, ua kauoha koke i nā mokulele hoʻouka kaua a me nā luʻu luʻu e lele. I kēlā manawa, ua ʻike ʻia kahi mokulele ʻo Heinkel He 46 reconnaissance biplane ma luna o ke kahua mokulele, ʻaʻole hoʻi i hoʻāʻo e pae - ua hoʻohaʻahaʻa wale ia i kona kiʻekiʻe lele, a ua hāʻule ka mea nānā i kahi hōʻike i ka honua: Ma kahi o 40 mau pahu ʻenemi a me 150 mau kaʻa kaʻa. e hoouka ana ia Cambrai mai ka akau mai. ʻO nā mea i loko o ka hōʻike i ʻike ai nā luna i ʻākoakoa i ka nui o ka hoʻoweliweli. ʻO Cambrai kahi wahi hoʻolako nui no nā ʻāpana o nā pūʻali koa kaua, ʻo nā pūʻali koa nui i kokoke i nā kahakai o ke Channel English. I kēlā manawa, ʻaʻohe mea kaua anti-tank ma hope loa. ʻO ka pōʻino wale nō i nā kaʻa kaʻa ʻenemi ʻo ia nā pahu o nā pū anti-aircraft e kū ana a puni ke kahua mokulele a me ka mokulele Hs 123 A.

ʻO nā Hensley ʻehā, ka poʻe i komo i loko o ka pūʻulu koʻokoʻo, ʻo lākou ka mea mua i lele; i loko o ka cockpit o ka mua squadron commander gaptm. Otto Weiss. ʻElua mau minuke ma hope mai, ma kahi mamao o ʻeono mau kilomita mai ke kahua mokulele, ua ʻike ʻia nā pahu kaʻa ʻenemi ma ka honua. E like me HPTM. Otto Weiss: Ke hoomakaukau nei na kaa kaa e hoouka aku ma na hui o eha a eono mau kaa i akoakoa ma ka aoao hema o ka Canal de la Sensei, a ma kona aoao akau ua ike ia aku he kolamu kaa loloa ma ke ala kokoke.