Still, our machines flew battalion. Still getting the Russian suspected major attack did not. The uncertainty, whether the Russian comes and when it comes, as a heavy burden on us, up in our most 6. June in the truest sense of the word we were Center of air defense combat and bomb burst.

In the afternoon of 6. June I went to the cinema with comrade Rudolf Doelle. The film ran it “The Golden City”. After the screening we went for a change on the tarmac, us inspected there parked machines and given their size and facilities. In a small wood we looked at vintage bombs. On a particularly large caliber bomb Doelle said to me: “Where the einschläge, would he not be!” It was like a premonition, some hours later Doelle had fallen to a bomb victim.

It was also a night like any other. A and cool. Once again, a very lively enemy air activity was. We heard sounds from all directions. We have seen very many impacts on air base. Numerous bombs were somewhere in the site. Our battery shot without interruption and the cooperation with the Seetakt [“Shipborne”, Today radar] and worked well with the headlight.

As a machine of FM and shooter was used and it came to us. I was sitting in the conversion and was eager to work with the other, as suddenly two very explosions loud us frightened. The lights have been deleted by the air pressure. Windows klirrten and the pieces and dust flew us for the brains. I crawled into the first excitement under the table. After these marks was deathly silence few moments. We wanted to hear, whether other impacts are. Because suddenly uttered the reputation “Paramedics” from the B I stand to the battery down. We knew terrible below in our booth. After our receipt of something fabulous Earth free, were we up in the B I stand. There we saw how the last blades were scattered with sand on a large pool of blood just yet. Now we heard, Rudi Doelle, the nickname “Vincenz” led, just died. He made Seitenrichtmann to the device and when the target auffassen after the turning point, the two strikes were carried out and struck a large splinter in the mind. Of the gun “Dora” a man's hand was seriously injured. We put the steel helmet and first viewed the damage. Two bombs had gone down stand between battery and B I. The transmission cable was shredded. Were there two yawning funnel, where that by my count, about 250 kg heavy bombs had taken.

Immediately turned Sergeant. Theissen from reserve cables connecting operations centre and the guns restores and already the next approach was again. Our Spotlight also shone, Although his large glass was fragmented. Only the Seetakt had to suspend, because a splinter had hit the range finder. The Russians buzzed always still very numerous in the air around. I would prefer no longer shot this evening and extinguished the spotlight. Because we had now results in the battery, we seemed recognized his and every ray from the spotlight and every flash of muzzle flash reveals the position. I still think, that our headlights should be taken. We shot a whole while. lieutenant. SIEBECK rushed here immediately in our battery from the bar.

What the bombs had done, We only saw the other day. How looked our barracks. Roofs covered, Pressed doors, Moving walls, all glass broken. Inside everything was mixed up. All Wandbrettchen, where we our daily utensils had situated beautifully, lay on the floor and everything was on it was mixed up somewhere waste. We went immediately to, our barracks again in a comfortable State to enable. We hammered and nailed all day. We have completely forgotten the food this, the excitement of last night was us still so much in the bones, that we even felt no hunger and appetite. The ammunition were replenished and our captured Russians increased the mound of the B I stand.

 
Eintrag vom Monday, 7. June 1943 to 17:04 Watch
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