 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ehlers akasimudzirwa kuva Leutnant wechipiri lieutenant musi wa 1 July 1943. Musi waJuly 7, I. Gruppe yeJG 1 yakatamira kuDeelen Air Field. USAAF yakanangana neindasitiri yendege yeGerman musi wa17 Nyamavhuvhu mubasa reSchweinfurt-Regensburg. Vanobhomba ve1st Bombardment Wing vakananga kumafekitori anobereka mabhora kuSchweinfurt. Na11: 50, varwi veLuftwaffe veI. Gruppe yeJG 1 yakabata boka guru revabhomba veB-17 munharaunda yeAschaffenburg. Achitevera vanobhomba vachienda kumaodzanyemba, Ehlers akapfura pasi vanobhomba vaviri veB-17. Zuva iroro, mutungamiriri we2. Staffel weJG 1, Lieutenant Hans Feustel, akakuvadzwa muhondo. Somugumisiro, Ehlers akagadzwa Staffelkapitän mutungamiri weboka we2. Staffel zuva rakatevera racho. 