 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 5 July, Mietusch akasvika paCuxhaven-Nordholz Airfield apo III. Gruppe yakavakirwa uye yakatora kutonga kubva kuna Hermichen. Muna July, Gruppe akagamuchira Bf 109 G-4 uye G-6 dzomutauro uye vezvikepe vakatanga kuziva ndege iyi mhando apo kubhururuka muna Defense of Reich. Pausiku hwaJuly 24-25, RAF neUSAAF yakatanga Operation Gomorrah, kurwisa Hamburg mukati mevhiki yekupedzisira yaJuly 1943. RAF yakatanga kurwisa usiku izvo zvakagadzira dutu remoto muguta. Zuva rakatevera racho, USAAF yakarwisa Hamburg nebhomba dzeB-17 100, ichiparadzira ruparadziko. Mamwe mabhomba 118 eB-17 akarova Kiel zuva iroro. Achizvidzivirira pakurwiswa uku, Mietusch akawana kukunda kwake kwokutanga mumhepo seGruppenkommandeur paakapfura B-17 kuchamhembe kweHamburg. USAAF yakanangana neindasitiri yendege yeGerman musi wa17 Nyamavhuvhu mubasa reSchweinfurt-Regensburg. Mietusch akatungamirira Gruppe yake kurwisa mabhomba uye akapfura mabhomba maviri eB-17, yekutanga kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweSchleiden mumakomo eEifel, uye yechipiri kumaodzanyemba kweLaacher See. Musi waNovember 29, VIII Bomber Command yakarwisa Bremen. III. Zvikamu Gruppe yakabata mabhomba asati aenda uye Mietusch akapfura B-17 kubva mubhokisi rayo rokurwisa kumadokero kweOldenburg. Izvi akanzi Herausschuss paradzanisa bara uye akaratidza zvakakomba kukuvadzwa rinorema bhomba uyo akamanikidzwa kuparadzana kubva kurwa bhokisi rayo uye akaverengwa somunhu mhepo kukunda. 