 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 5 July, Mietusch akasvika paCuxhaven-Nordholz Airfield apo III. Gruppe yakavakirwa uye yakatora kutonga kubva kuna Hermichen. Muna July, Gruppe akagamuchira Bf 109 G-4 uye G-6 dzomutauro uye vezvikepe vakatanga kuziva ndege iyi mhando apo kubhururuka muna Defense of Reich. Pausiku hwaJuly 245, RAF neUSAAF dzakatangisa Operation Gomorrah, kurwiswa kweHamburg mukati mevhiki rokupedzisira raJuly 1943. RAF yakatanga kurwisa usiku izvo zvakagadzira dutu remoto muguta. Zuva rakatevera racho, USAAF yakarwisa Hamburg nebhomba dzeB-17 100, ichiparadzira ruparadziko. Mamwe mabhomba 118 eB-17 akarova Kiel zuva iroro. Achizvidzivirira pakurwiswa uku, Mietusch akawana kukunda kwake kwokutanga mumhepo seGruppenkommandeur paakapfura B-17 kuchamhembe kweHamburg. The USAAF akananga German ndege indasitiri musi 17 August muna Schweinfurt Regensburg basa. Mietusch akatungamirira Gruppe yake kurwisa mabhomba uye akapfura mabhomba maviri eB-17, yekutanga kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweSchleiden mumakomo eEifel, uye yechipiri kumaodzanyemba kweLaacher See. Musi waNovember 29, VIII Bomber Command yakarwisa Bremen. III. Zvikamu Gruppe yakabata mabhomba asati aenda uye Mietusch akapfura B-17 kubva mubhokisi rayo rokurwisa kumadokero kweOldenburg. Izvi akanzi Herausschuss paradzanisa bara uye akaratidza zvakakomba kukuvadzwa rinorema bhomba uyo akamanikidzwa kuparadzana kubva kurwa bhokisi rayo uye akaverengwa somunhu mhepo kukunda. 