Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te 11 o Pipiri, i tautoko a JG 53 i nga pakanga i Aisne me te tata ki Reims i te wa i patua ai e Pingel e rua nga kaiwhaiwhai Morane-Saulnier M.S.406. Whai muri i te
Armistice o 22 Pipiri 1940 Mölders hoki ki III. "Gruppe" anake ki te whakawhiti ki te tango i te whakahau o "Jagdgeschwader" 51 (JG 51 <unk> 51st Fighter Wing). Ko "Hauptmann" Harro Harder i tohua hei "Gruppenkommandeur" (kaiwhakahaere roopu) o III. "Gruppe" me Pingel hoki ki te tango i te whakahau o 2. Ko te "Staffel".