Upon his return to France on 5 September, Wick was promoted to Hauptmann and briefly given command of 6. Staffel before on 9 September he was named Gruppenkommandeur (group commander) of I. Gruppe of JG 2. During September he continued adding to his score. On 8 September Wick claimed three fighters destroyed. Fighter Command reported only the loss of four in combat the entire day; all in dogfights with Bf 109s. The casualties were from 41, 605 and two from 46 Squadron. The losses were recorded from 12:05 through to 12:30 GMT. On the final day of the month Wick claimed two Spitfires near Portland at 12:30 and 12:35. No RAF fighters were recorded lost at the time and place of the claims, though 36 British fighters were destroyed or damaged [18 of each] during the fighting and several combats took place near Portland.
