 JaBoG 33 was transferred to the Turkish base at Bandırma for shooting and bombing training with live ammunition from 25 May to 31 August 1959.During one of the practice flights Gratz was nearly shot down by his wingman "Leutnant" Dietrich Schultz-Sembten.Schultz-Sembten had mistakenly fired all of his rockets prematurely during the attack run.