Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bey ya jagoranci Rundunar Sojan Sama ta 4, wacce ta kunshi masu hallaka Z11 "Bernd von Arnim", Z12 "Erich Giese" da Z13 "Erich Koellner", a matsayin wani ɓangare na "Kommodore" Friedrich Bonte wanda ya ɗauki sojojin tsaunukan Janar Eduard Dietl don mamaye Narvik yayin mamayewar Jamus na Norway a ranar 9 ga Afrilu 1940. A cikin yaƙe-yaƙe na Narvik masu zuwa
a ranar 10 ga Afrilu da 13 ga Afrilu, Bey ya bambanta kansa ta hanyar jagorantar karamin rukuni na masu hallaka a cikin aikin jaruntaka duk da cewa an yanke masa hukuncin kisa a kan dakarun Royal Navy da suka hada da jirgin ruwa.