 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - I Gruppe yakashuma 22 Ju 88s yakakodzera kurwa muna April. Yakanga yakavakirwa paSarabus muCrimea kuburikidza neKharkov uye yakasvika ikoko kubva 7 kusvika 14 May. Boka racho rakatsigira 11th Army kupinda muCrimea. It nokukurumidza redeployed kuna Kharkov Via Zaporozhye musi 14 May. 76 yakatsigira kurwisa kwakanangana neIzyum mumutambo wechipiri weKharkov kubva musi wa 15 kusvika 27 Chivabvu. Yakanga ichishanda pasi pe Fliegerkorps IV yaitungamirirwa naKurt Pflugbeil. Musi waMay 18 mauto aPflugbeil akaparadza matangi 130 nedzimwe motokari 500. Zuva rakatevera racho rakati mamwe matangi 29 akaparadzwa. Sezvo hondo yakasvika kumugumo, mauto eSoviet akanga akaunganidzwa uye akabatwa akakurirwa zvakadzama. Fliegerkorps IV yakataura ndege 596 mumhepo uye 19 pasi muhondo. Matangi 227, motokari 3,083, mabhatiri 24 epfuti, zvombo 49 zvepfuti, mabhatiri maviri anopesana nendege, zvitima 22 uye zvitima zvitanhatu pamutengo wendege 49. 