<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - NgoJulayi 5, uMietusch wafika eCuxhaven-Nordholz Airfield lapho i-III. I-Gruppe yasungulwa futhi yathatha isikhundla sikaHermichen. NgoJulayi, i- Gruppe yathola i-Bf 109 G-4 ne-G-6 futhi abashayeli bezindiza baqala ukujwayela lolu hlobo lwendiza ngenkathi bendiza e-Defense of the Reich. Ngobusuku bukaJuly 245, i-RAF ne-USAAF baqala i-Operation Gomorrah  <response>: , ukuhlaselwa kweHamburg phakathi nesonto lokugcina likaJulayi 1943. I-RAF yaqala ukuhlasela ebusuku okwabangela isiphepho somlilo edolobheni. Ngosuku olulandelayo, i-USAAF yahlasela iHamburg ngezindiza eziyi-100 zeB-17, yasakaza umonakalo. Amanye amabhomu angu - 118 e - B-17 ahlasela iKiel ngalolo suku. Ezivikela kulokhu kuhlaselwa, uMietusch wathola ukunqoba kwakhe kokuqala emoyeni njengo Gruppenkommandeur lapho edubula iB-17 enyakatho yeHamburg. I-USAAF ihlose imboni yezindiza yaseJalimane ngo-17 Agasti ohambweni lweSchweinfurt-Regensburg. UMietusch wahola i-Gruppe yakhe ekulweni namabhomu futhi wabulala amabhomu amabili e-B-17, owokuqala eningizimu-mpumalanga yeSchleiden emagqumeni e-Eifel, kanti owesibili eningizimu yeLaacher See. NgoNovemba 29, i-VIII Bomber Command yahlasela iBremen. Iii. I-Gruppe yavimbela amabhomu ngaphambi kokuqhumisa kwawo futhi i-Mietusch yadutshulwa i-B-17 kusuka ebhokisini layo lokulwa entshonalanga ye-Oldenburg. Lokhu kwabizwa ngokuthi Herausschuss ukuhlukaniswa futhi kwabonisa ibhomu elinzima elilimale kakhulu elaphoqeleka ukuba lihlukaniswe nebhokisi lalo lokulwa futhi labalwa njengokunqoba emoyeni. 