Service on schedule
15. September 1943
In the Office was nothing more to do, so I stayed in the position and made with the service. Yes, We had our roster and we were not far away from the front. In this area, where every moment a hit can einhauen and the goodwill of men must be always guaranteed, as infantry service and education was held, Instead the force some rest to gönnen, could take place in the next hour, already the most serious and most exciting fighting.
I still know, our Oberfähnrich math lay before us on the stomach and showed and explained to us, as it is properly the MG behaves. This whole issue came before me somewhat ridiculous. You would have the Oberfhr. you want to ask, If you can remember only regeneration, how you do it right, or whether it so it makes such as the situation requires it. But that apparently was the entire service history, our men's officers could not see it, If we had once some rest and so were they just on the komischsten and blödsten ideas.
But suddenly, one day the Russians changed to the roster. It was at the time of the 13. – 15. September. Again a sonnenklarer day. On this day we were literally not to rest. The hostile associations were flown without interruption. Fight- and Schlachtflieger. In all, were 475 Enemy missiles counted. Each new attack was exciting as the previous, set as Schlachtflieger to attack us. This time the bright threads of Leuchtspurgeschosse retreated closely over our heads. A machine our sacrifice and the pilot was launched but after Buda Staraya. As then later Schlachtflieger (B). St. attacked, the pilot was still badly injured from the own machines.
A sharp combat air attack, the bombs were probably considered our battery, but just next to it were, I again brought also the B in the holes. We fought an other combat aircraft attack on remoteness and already the first Sprengpunkte torn one [Petljakow] PE-2 the tail and as a huge propeller, even twirling always to, staggered this machine to the ground and ended in an explosion.
In these moments it was over with pure lists peace. Since his temperament broke through with him. He jumped as wandering around like a wild. First he drove to the flight login items and replaced him by the Glass, then he ran into bold curve come in in the State and tore Sergeant. Bodenschatz the throat microphone upset by the throat and said to the guns when he had the microphone in your hand. In the next moment he threw out the handset again and swung in bold jumping right on our wall of contactor and rushed to Lt. Kruchen and took him to his glass eyes and watched even in the air. And this he raged, cried out and gotten so with and was so excited by the events in the air and so pleased with our shooting, that he forgot everything around them. His enthusiasm jumped about like a spark to us. And when he finally called: “On it, on it! shoot! Faster shoot!” Since it was encouragement and praise for us at the same time. Showed it yet, that we had worked well. But after the attack, our boss was again objectively and calmly gave instructions for the next attack. And we declined the Stahlhelm, whisked the cold sweat from the forehead and once some calming cigarettes smoked.
Meanwhile Russian flew fighters an and buzzed around. Since no German hunters were there. Were our hunters, the Russians were not to see. They met once, so they played cat and mouse, always clean in the cloud, out of the cloud, Rinn in the cloud etc. At the speed of the German Raiders, the Russians came up not, they could fly but tighter curves. We were ready during such moments ever, some shots settlement. to support the German fighters.
