Night-time luminescence
4. June 1943
After these heavy attacks on the Horst we knew, that we hire here. expected to have even heavier, especially since our Ho III associations pretty big bets to Yaroslavl and Gorky flew. Especially during the night the Russian came up with [Tupolew] SB-2, [Iljuschin] DB-3 and [Douglas] DB-7 (all machines, that he used only at night!). He tried to disrupt always operate on the square. The bomb rolls times went to the free field, or hit a Russian house, that immediately went up in flames. Also the airport got from his bombs. It was not uncommon, that the Flash darting flame of a taken gasoline tank or the colorful, popping Fireworks illuminated the night sky. The Russians used a lot of light bombs or so-called Christmas trees. In the distance as a cascade standing almost motionless in the air looks most glamorous, but where were these lights on the battery, then we were taken on the worst. It is not believed, What a luminosity such magnesium light bombs have got. You lit the area still from high elevation taghell.
