Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 11 ga Yuni, JG 53 ya goyi bayan fada a Aisne da kusa da Reims inda Pingel ya harbe biyu Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 mayakan. Bayan Armistice na 22 ga Yuni 1940
Mölders ya koma cikin III. "Gruppe" kawai za a canja shi don karɓar umurnin "Jagdgeschwader" 51 (JG 51 <unk> 51st Fighter Wing). "Hauptmann" Harro Harder an nada shi a matsayin "Gruppenkommandeur" (shugaban rukuni) na III. "Gruppe" da Pingel sun dawo don daukar umurnin 2. "Stafell" (Aikin Ƙari)