I was operating at that time not yet in the B I, But even in the conversion. We made about the following: When an aircraft came, magnas it the Seetakt [“Shipborne”, Today radar] on and we found, If the current location of the aircraft in the air on the surface of the Earth down is gelotet, in which square on a sprawling map indicated it was. These squares were then placed on the night hunters control center and she had the night fighter. Then the conversion had still the purpose, the target path of the aircraft record. Also we should introduce other batteries to the objective thus. All this was a pretty interesting for me, especially since I da while air activity in the ZbV [“for special use”] Budé was sitting. That the ZbV bunkers very close most, beimit in the B I stand was, had his good reason. B I and ZbV were always together. There, all the messages from the battery ran together and met messages from outside a. Here, everything was represented during the battle, What was the rank and name. Here the Chief met his decisions and led the dimensional officer shooting. I have to get there during my presence in many things insights and belongs to many other situations in the command post with, the majority of the members of the battery did not know of which.

I was now involved, the target path record. We could look nice, as the aircraft flies. It was an unpleasant thing, If the side angle to the enemy aircraft did not change. As the machine exactly on us flew to. Then we were always in the dark, What would now follow. It crashed loudly, then we had known, that the machine threw bombs, our battery should apply. But mostly it was so: When a straight on[flight] We shot but under facilitated conditions, because Yes the side angle ahead intermediary. And when the first shots it moved “Ivan” before abzuschwirren in an elegant curve, threw out his eggs somewhere and smashed East.

So life flowed there quietly and satisfied. Tourists have come and gone. You brought with interesting news from home. Also my friend Gerhard and I expected with holiday. To raise the intellectual level of the battery, the battery management instituted so-called study groups. I had the high honor, to guide the Working Group for stenography. Non-commissioned officers and soldiers wanted to be inaugurated by me in the high art of fast writing. We do not were added but, because since the rebase in between came.

In the Ju[l]i flared the huge battle of Orel, where the German and the Russian offensive clashed. The Luftwaffe flew from our Horst in this combat area. It was mostly [Heinkel] He 111 or [Junkers] Ju 88 Associations of approximately 40 – 50 Machines. Also flew Hunter there. It was me directly scary at this time. Stock on our part and the Russian came only once at night, made Blitzlichaufnahmen or threw some bombs. Our view was, that sometime soon a major attack would be at the place and to do so, he explains to now at night, because it can fly at the days only in high-altitude. Night for night, enemy air activity was. We could go sometimes only in the shack when the Sun announced the new day. It was also sometimes very thrilling and exciting, If slammed bombs in our neighbourhood. In our Protze houses burned down and the telephone line after the Protze was hit several times. Other times we had to book the drivers from the Protze into the battery. We want that at night to the Heranschleppen of ammunition. It was not uncommon, If we in one night 800, 1000, or even 1200 Hunted shot into the sky. Visible successes were however not to notice. The next morning, a car was sent off and he brought them new ammunition, so much we wanted to have. For us it was not like in the army, where only so and got so much shot and was allowed to shoot only as much shot, as approved by the staff, If you ever allowed to shoot.

For us quite unexpectedly the Eagle carrier of Colonel-General visited us Ritter von Greim, Leaders of the air fleet 6. Some time later, we had to surround the position with local defence statuses. Because this area with partisans was riddled. In about 40 West of us there was a larger gang group. There always flew from our airport [ARADO] AR 66 and [Focke-Wulf] FW 58, very old and slow machines. You submitted to, to let go of this gang of nests in the air. Flew for a change also times 4 [Messerschmitt] Me 110 there and “played” with this dark human. The activity of the bands was noticeable also in our vicinity. On the runway, some flew times [Heinkel] He 111 in the air. Then teachings about a detention Sprengladung were all units, the man had found, carried out. A truck of our 2. Battery was driving on a straight face. Result: 2 Tote. One night I observed, how flew the Roslavl Briansk railway line in very many places in the air.

It came before us like a godsend, that was the days and nights before and after Pentecost complete peace in the air. So we could recover us once quite and the stomach came away while also not bad. You were abundant at the evening high jinks Marketenderwere determined. You fulfilled its purpose in the right way. Late June / early July the enemy air activity decreased strongly. But still our flew [Heinkel] He 111 and [Junkers] Ju 88. Stock in the space of Orel. That was continuously. A fantastic sight was each time, If an Association of Ju 88 came back and the machines went one after another dive at depth. In these movements, I realized, that already a niedergehendes dive plane must have a harsh moral shock of the opponent. The weather was beautiful. Simply wonderful. One day as a heavy storm came once and since one got an electric shock when calling, flowing from a lightning. Since then the listener only with reluctance when thunderstorms was attacked. In the last days of June, I was my inducted into the B. Since then, I took part in the joys and sorrows of this community. After I have purchased there great self-confidence and sense of responsibility, What was me for my later life very useful.