Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kutanga na6: 45 musi wa6 April, "Luftwaffe" yakatanga
Operation Retribution, nhevedzano yekurwiswa kwebhomba kwakabatana paBelgrade kwakaenderana nekurwiswa kwemhepo nepasi munyika yose. Mafungu anoverengeka engarava dzeGermany akasvika kuBelgrade mukati mezuva, pakutanga Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" vanobhomba vanobhururuka vachiperekedzwa nevarwi. All of the Bf 109E-3s of the 51st Fighter Group scrambled to meet the first onslaught, and they were soon joined by the Messerschmitts of 32nd Fighter Group. Zvikumbiro zvinomwe zvakaitwa nevatyairi vechikwata chechi102 che51st Fighter Group, vachirasikirwa nendege shanu mukudzoka. The 32nd Fighter Group Messerschmitts akati vamwe mana bhomba nokuda kurasikirwa vaviri vavo, kunyange vakawanda vaYugoslav varwi vakanga yakarohwa uye kukuvara. Mukati mekurwisana kwokutanga, zvombo zvinorwisa ndege zveYugoslav zvakanga zvapfura paYugoslav Messerschmitts pamwe chete neGermany, zvisingagoni kusiyanisa pakati pavo.