They received the first 14 aircraft in the spring of 1943 to replace the obsolete He 46 and WM-21 in squadron 3/1. This the unit, commanded by Captain L. Telbisz (LTelbisz) from the Kharkov airfield, began flights against the partisans in May 1943, who shot down the first Hungarian Fw 189 on May 22. By the beginning of the Battle of Kursk on the squadron already had 224 sorties. The most successful battle was recorded on September 21, 1943, when Lieutenant B. Csapo fought off three Yak-9s, and one was shot down by a gunner, the second crashed on the way out of the attack, and the third left, having used up all the ammunition. The Hungarians also suffered losses, so in March 1944 one serviceable aircraft remained in the squadron. The unit was disbanded. However, soon a new squadron, 4/1, was created, led by Captain J. Fraunhoffer "Focke-Wulfs" cooperated with the 1st Hungarian Army and in the battles near Zamość for 10 aircraft out of 14 (5 were shot down by fighters, 1 crashed during landing in bad weather, the rest were destroyed by shelling from the ground) At the end of the war, 4/1 Squadron was in stages of rearmament with Bf.109.
