 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 1 October 1941, iye ipapo akatora murairo weIII. Gruppe ye Jagdgeschwader 52 JG 5252nd Fighter Wing kuEastern Front. Panguva yokuendeswa kwake kuJG 52, III. Gruppe yakanga yakavakirwa paPoltava uye ichitsigira 17th Army pakurwiswa kwayo paKharkov, zvichitungamirira kuHondo Yokutanga yeKharkov. Pasi pokutungamirira kwake, III. Gruppe yeJG 52 yakava chikwata chehondo chinobudirira zvikurusa cheLuftwaffe. Von Bonin akawana kukunda kwake kwokutanga mumhepo neJG 52 musi wa 29 April 1942. Zuva iroro, akapfura Yakovlev Yak-1 jet. III. Zvikamu Gruppe yakanga ichangobva kutamira kuZürichtal, musha muduku uri paInhul mune yaimbova misha yeGermany kumadokero kweFeodosia muCrimea. Musi waMay 12, III. Gruppe akarayirwa kuti aende kunhandare yendege inonzi Kharkov-Rogan, kumabvazuva kweKharkov kwavakapinda muHondo yechipiri yeKharkov. Mumavhiki anotevera, III. Gruppe yakatamiswa kanoverengeka. Musi wa19 Chivabvu, Gruppe yakatamira kuBarvinkove kwavakagara kusvika musi wa12 Chikumi vachinyanya kurwira mauto eSoviet akapoteredzwa muIzium salient. Ivo vakabva varayirwa kuenda kuBelgorod uye kuGrakowo, iri pakati nepakati pakati peKharkov neKupiansk, musi wa22 Chikumi. Musi waJune 26, III. Gruppe akabva aenda kuBely Kolodez kwavakagara kusvika 3 July. Maererano naPrien, Stemmer, Rodeike naBock, von Bonin akataura kukunda kwedenga kunomwe pakati pa9 Chivabvu na30 Chikumi izvo zvisina kunyorwa. 