 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 2 November 1944 kutonga kwaRödel kwakatambura kurasikirwa kwakanyanya kwehondo. Vanenge 600 vanobhomba veEighth Air Force vakarwisa Merseburg-Leuna. JG 27 haina kukwanisa kupinda murukova rwebhomba asi yakatora matanhatu eP-51 airwa achiperekedza mapoka evarwi eU.S. Mukudzoka akarasikirwa 50 Bf 109s pamwe 27 vatyairi vakaurayiwa uye 12 vakakuvadzwa. Pakazosvika pakati paDecember vamwe vatyairi vendege 39 vakanga vafa uye 14 vakanga vakuvadzwa. Musi wa 16 December 1944 JG 27 yakabatanidzwa muArdennes offensiveasi Rödel akabhururuka nguva nenguva. Musi waDecember 23 94th Bomb Group B-17 Darling Dott, yaimbonzi Big Gas Bird, yakava yokupedzisira ye 550 inorema mabhomba kuwira pasi pokutonga kwake. Zuva rimwe chetero boka racho rakarohwa apo Bartels akaurayiwa muchiito neP-47 dzeU.S. JG 27 yakanga iri mukuita nguva dzose pamusoro peBelgium kubva pa 16 kusvika 29 December 1944 uye yakatambura kurasikirwa kukuru. 