 Nyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1942, Nowotny akawedzera huwandu hwake hwekukunda uye akati akauraya makumi matatu nemakumi matatu nemasere musi wa11 Chikunguru pamusoro peVolkhov bridgehead panguva yeHondo yeLyuban, izvo zvakamupa iye Kukudzwa Girazi reLuftwaffe musi wa14 Chikunguru 1942. Nowotny akapfura pasi dzimwe ndege shanu pazuva rimwe chete 32nd 36th kukunda, inozivikanwa se ace muzuva rimwe, musi wa20 Chikunguru uye akadzokorora zita iri nenomwe 48th 54th kukunda musi wa2 Nyamavhuvhu. Pashure pokuparadza ndege matatu muvengi musi August 11, Lieutenant Nowotny akaita matatu kukunda anopfuura pamusoro airfield, pasinei nokuramba kurwa kukuvara pachake Bf 109 Black 1. Pakumhara kwakatevera, ndege yake yakabhururuka uye akakuvadzwa zvishoma. Walter Nowotny akapiwa Knights Cross of the Iron Cross musi wa 4 Gunyana, mushure mekukunda 56 mumhepo. Muchinjikwa weKnight wakamutorera zororo rokudzokera kuVienna. Pano, hama Hubert naWalter vakasangana kokupedzisira Hubert asati aurayiwa paStalingrad. Lieutenant Nowotny akaitwa Staffelkapitän we1.JG 54 musi wa25 Gumiguru, achitsiva Oberleutnant Heinz Lange. 