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11. June 1943
The Russian came at 7. and 8. at night again and dropped numerous Leuchtbomben, to determine the success of his Großangriffs. This was probably quite flawed, so he started yet a concentric attack. This was most 9. at the same time, as most 7. This time there were but over 150 Machines.
It started exactly as most 7. Came, Hunters rose up, Sirens wail, great excitement everywhere. And then they came back from all directions. Highly and deeply they flew and back and forth. We shot at getting the Association, He was most dangerous for us. Then suddenly a large cloud of black smoke in the air. One [Iljuschin] IL2 had a 8,8 Get direct hit and was torn. An association [Petljakow] PE2 dropped phosphorus, the burning bright yellow, letting a long plume of smoke behind him, flew to the ground. The stuff was but poorly thrown, and it fell into a village and put there some huts on fire, instead of causing any damage on the premises of the flying eagle.
The air above us was like a hellish Inferno. The radiant chains of 2 cm saußten through the air, the yellow balls of 3,7 and 5 the black clouds of explosive of the heavy flak whistled cm everywhere the enemy contrary to and in between. The flak attacks, the howling of the bombs, the explode of the grenades, the resounding roar of the defensive movements of aircraft: all that was a hell concert, as I have not had experienced it. It was sometimes so dangerous (or looked at least as), that even the B II lay on the ground. And in these moments Oblt. Heudel on the mound of the B I, He was probably with this “brave behavior” the long-awaited EK II. purchase. He later also received it. But also the worst is past Yes, and peace was also on this night so again. This time are round 200 Aircraft flown in and which were 20 shot down. 12 by Hunter, 8 of the flak.
That were 2 heavy day for the flak of Sechtschinskaja and, I think, We can be proud of our commitment and our successes. The following nights were still very rich in Einflügen, but serious damages were not caused. The last Russian major attack would be to notice, that on the runway 2 or 3 Machines have been taken. On the whole, the Russian success was very “Malo”.
