 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1943, Storch akaita basa muOperation Eiche, kununurwa kwomudzvinyiriri weItaly akadonhedzwa Benito Mussolini kubva pamusoro pegomo rakaparadzirwa nematombo pedyo neGran Sasso. Kunyange zvazvo gomo racho rakanga rakakomberedzwa nemauto eItaly, Otto Skorzeny wechiGermany aiva murwi uye vamwe varwi 90 vaiva neparachuti vakashandisa ndege dzinobhururuka kuti vaburukire pamusoro pegomo racho uye vakakurumidza kuritora. Zvisinei, chinetso chokudzokera chakasara chiripo. Helicopter yeFocke-Achgelis Fa 223 yakatumirwa, asi yakaparara munzira. Panzvimbo pezvo, mutyairi wendege Heinrich Gerlach akabhururuka ari muStorch. Yakamhara mumamita 30 100 ft, uye mushure mokunge Mussolini naSkorzeny vakwira, yakasimuka mumamita 80 250 ft, kunyange zvazvo ndege yacho yakanga yakanyanyisa. Storch yaibatanidzwa mukununura Mussolini yakanga ine mabhii enhamba yeredhiyo, kana kuti Stammkennzeichen, aSJ LL muufambiro womufananidzo woruyamuro rune ushingi. 