 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Pana 5 January 1942, Harlinghausen akatsiviwa naUlrich Kessler. Kessler akatsungirira zvinetso zvakafanana zvokugovera sezvakanga zvakaita mutangiri wake. Akanga asingakwanisi kutsigira U-boats kumadokero kweAtlantic, kana kudzivisa migwagwa yemotokari apo mabasa ekurwisa-kutakura akatendeukira kuMediterranean neArctic Convoys. MaItaly-akagadzira torpedoes emhepo F5a aive abudirira mu Regia Aeronautica Royal Italian Air Force uye mu Luftwaffe, asi zvombo izvi zvakapihwa kuKG 26 uye mamwe mauniti anoshanda achipesana nekutakura ngarava muGungwa reMediterranean uye achipesana neArctic convoys kubva kuNorway. Munguva yezviitiko izvi kubva musi wa26 Chikunguru 1941 kusvika musi wa30 Kubvumbi 1942, Fliegerführer Atlantik yakaderedzwa kubva pa90 kusvika pa16 ndege dzehondo uye kubva pa25 kusvika pa20 Fw 200s. Mukati menguva inofadza, inozivikanwa seOperation Drumbeat, Hitler akaramba akasimba pakuona kwake kuti zvinokosheswa nesimba remhepo reGermany zvakaramba zviri kumwewo sezvo vashandi vengarava vakamanikidza mamwe maFw 200 uye Heinkel He 177 matsva. 