Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te 11 o Hune, i tautoko te JG 53 i te whawhai i Aisne me te tata Reims te wahi i patua Pingel rua Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 toa. Whai muri i te Tiriti o te 22 o Hune 1940
I hoki a Mölders ki te 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".