 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - The He 111 akanga akazvipira kumibato muArctic Ocean mukurwisana nemigwagwa yeArctic inofamba ichienda kuSoviet Union ichibva kuNorth America neUnited Kingdom. Chimwe chiito chakakurumbira chakabatanidza I.KG 26 ichirwisa Convoy PQ 17 muna June 1942. I.KG 26 nemaHe 111 ayo vakanyudza ngarava nhatu uye vakakuvadza dzimwe nhatu. Gare gare, III.KG 26 yakabatsira Ju 88s yeIII.KG 30 yakavakirwa paBanak kunyudza dzimwe ngarava dzinoverengeka. Ngarava dzinotengeserana dzinenge 25 pa35 dzakanyura chose chose. Ngarava PQ 16yakabatwawo zvinobudirira neKG 26, iyo yakataura ngarava ina, asi yakarasikirwa nevashandi vatanhatu mukudzoka. Ngarava yePQ 18 yakabatwawo mukati me13 15 September 1942. Pamwe chete, ngarava dzinenge 13 pane 40 dzakanyura. Zvisinei, zvakatora Luftwaffe ndege 40, 20 dzacho dzaiva KG 26 He 111s. Pazvikwata 20 zvacho, 14 zvacho zvakanga zvisisipo. 