Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa24 Chikumi 1942, Leie akagadzwa zviri pamutemo se "Gruppenkommandeur" (murwi weboka) weI. "Gruppe" yeJG 2. Leie nokudaro akatsiva "Hauptmann" Ignaz Prestele muchiitiko ichi uyo akanga aurayiwa muchiito musi wa 4 May 1942. Akaona chiito muhondo yemhepo yeDieppe Raid
musi wa19 August uye akati Spitfire yakapfurwa kuchamhembe kweDieppe. Iyi yakanga iri nzvimbo yake yokupedzisira paWestern Front. Iye akapfurwa pasi uye akakuvadzwa, achibvisa Focke Wulf Fw 190 A-2 ("Werknummer" 0326<unk> nhamba yefekitari) kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweAbbeville.