 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Axis yakawana nhevedzano yekubudirira kwekurwisa paSidi Bou Ziduye Kasserine Pass muna February 1943. Aine chivimbo Erwin Rommel akarayira 5th Panzer Army pasi paHans-Jürgen von Arnim kuti atange kushanda Ochsenkopf musi wa 26 Kukadzi. The Royal Air Force RAF Desert Air Force akapindura nokurwisa zvose anozivikanwa German uye Italian airfields munharaunda kuramba Axis mhepo rutsigiro nokuda kwokudenha. JG 77 vakanga zvinobatanidzwa pamwero mukuru mhepo hondo uye akati 26 P-40s kuti kurasikirwa mapfumbamwe uye vaviri vezvikepe vakaurayiwa. Heinrich Bär akataura kuti akanga aita zvishanu uye Reinert akanzi akaita zvina mubasa rimwe chete. Vavengi vavo vakanga vari ve7 SAAF Wing. Zvinyorwa zvechikwata cheSouth Africa zvinosimbisa kurasikirwa ne14. JG 77 yakatora 13 dzacho. Zuva rakatevera racho II.JG 77 yakadzinga 12 P-40s ichirwisa nhandare dzendege dzeGerman uye Reinert akati maviri nokuda kwekukunda kwake kwechi 123 nechi 124. Zvimwe zvitatu zvakawira kune vamwe vatyairi. Musi wa 7 Kurume JG 77 yakabata Spitfires pamusoro peMareth Line. Heinz-Edgar Berres, Bär navamwe vatyairi vaviri vakadonhedza Spitfire. Mumasikati, Reinert akawana boka reSpitfires kumadokero kweMedenine. Uyu wokupedzisira zvimwe akanga ari mutyairi wendege weNo. 145 Squadron RAF. 