 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Sezvo mauto epasi eGermany akafambira mberi muUkraine muna August naSeptember, zvikamu zvemuchadenga zveJG 52 zvakaramba zvichifamba nguva dzose zvichienda mberi kunzvimbo dzendege. The Gruppe aibatanidzwa pakupa chifukidziro nokuda kumaodzanyemba kuyambuka pamusoro Dnieper, kubatwa Poltava, Hondo First pamusoro Kharkov uye ipapo kuyambuka Perekop isthmus kupinda kuCrimea. Kazhinji kazhinji vaiita nzendo nhatu kana kuti ina pazuva kana mamiriro okunze achibvumira. Pakupera kwaOctober Graf akanga ava kugona nzira yake yokubhururuka nayo, achiva nyanzvi yokubhururuka pamwero wakaderera, uye akanga awana kukunda makumi maviri. Mvura yakanaya muna November, ichishandura nhandare dzendege kuva matope uye ichideredza kushanda kwendege uye nhamba yendege dzinoshanda. Boka raGraf rakaendeswa mberi kuTaganrog kunotsigira hondo yeRostov. Kamwe chando pachakasvika, chichiita kuti pasi pave nechando, mabasa akatangazve. Mukurwisana kwakasimba pamusoro uye kumativi ehondo yekuona-kuona, Graf akanga awedzera kaviri nhamba yake kusvika ku42 pakuguma kwe1941, achimuita mumwe wevatungamiri ve Gruppe vanotungamirira vatyairi. PaZuva reGore Idzva ra1942, III.JG 52 yakaendeswa kunzvimbo yakasununguka yenhandare huru yendege yeKharkov-Rogan, ine mahangari ayo akavharwa. Mamiriro ezvinhu echando kazhinji kazhinji achidzika kusvika ku -20 C usiku hwose akaita kuti kubhururuka kuve kusingabviri. Musi wa24 Ndira, Graf akapiwa Knights Cross yeIron Cross yekukunda kwake kusvika parizvino. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, akatumirwa kumusha achitsiviwa pazororo. Mukati memwedzi mumwe, mutsigiri wake wenguva dzose, Steinbatz, akapiwawo Knights Cross nokuda kwechiitiko chakafanana. 