Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kubva pana 5/6 January 1941 I./StG 1 yakaitwa kubva kuSt Malo kuenda kuGraz muAustria. Pakazosvika 23 January "gruppe" yaHitschhold yakatamira kunhandare dzendege paOtopeni, kuchamhembe kweBucharest muRomania. Hitschold akatamira kuKraynitsi, kumaodzanyemba-kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweSofia muBulgaria. Musi waApril 6 boka racho rakaunganidza 39 Ju 87s nokuda kwemabasa. Musi uyu akatsigira "Fliegerkorps" VIII akavhiyiwa kupinda muYugoslavia uye Hondo yeGreece. Yakarwisa nzvimbo muPetric uye yakaita basa muHondo yeMetaxas Line. Hitschhold angave akabatanidzwa muOperation Retribution
, kubhomba nokuparadzwa kwepakati peBelgrade.