 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - United States Army Air Forces USAAF yakanangana neindasitiri yendege yeGerman musi wa17 Nyamavhuvhu 1943 muSchweinfurt Regensburg basa. Mabhomba maviri eBoeing B-17 Flying Fortress aibva ku4th Bombardment Wing akanga amanikidzwa kusiya gadziriro yawo achienda kuRegensburg. B-17 Picklepuss yaifambiswa naKaputeni Robert M. Knox we100th Bomb Group yakanga ichidzokera kuEngland payakarwiswa nevatatu veMesserschmitt Bf 110 vehondo dzeusiku kumaodzanyemba kweAachen. Von Bonin, achiperekedzwa naOberleutnant Walter Barte naLeutnant Hans Witzke vakanga vabva kuSint-TruidenSaint-Trond mukutaura kwechiFrench kunopinda chero vanodzokera shure kuenda uye kubva kunzvimbo inotarisirwa. Von Bonin akapfura B-17 pakurwisa kwake kwokutanga asi imwe yemotokari dzake yakarohwawo kuva murwi wechiuno kuruboshwe. Nepo vanomwe vavashandi gumi veB-17 vakaurawa muhondo, von Bonin akaburuka zvakanaka paSaint-Trond. 