Ya sami nasarar farko ta Soviet Il-2 Sturmovik a Gabashin Gabas a ranar 21 ga Oktoba, 1943. A ranar 27 ga Janairu 1944 ya ji rauni sosai daga mayakan Rasha, amma ya koma aiki a watan Yuni na wannan shekarar. A ranar 26 ga watan Agusta ya yi rikodin nasarori bakwai na Soviet da wasu bakwai a ranar 31 ga watan Agusta 1944. A ranar 10 ga Satumba, 1944 an sake ji masa rauni ta hanyar tashin hankali na Slovak. Bayan yakin Resch ya mika shi ga Soviets kuma ya shafe shekaru da yawa a cikin Soviet. Anton Resch ya sami nasarori 91, 64 daga cikinsu a Gabas ta Gabas, ciki har da 24 Il-2 Sturmoviks da sauran 27 nasara a kan
Yammacin Gabas.