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Sturzkampfgeschwader 3

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Active
  
1940–43

Branch
  
Luftwaffe

Role
  
Close air support

Country
  
Nazi Germany

Type
  
Dive bomber

Size
  
Air Force Wing

Sturzkampfgeschwader 3 (StG 3) was a Luftwaffe Dive bomber-wing of World War II. It was formed on 9 July 1940 in Dinard from the Stab/Kampfgeschwader 28 and redesignated to Schlachtgeschwader 3 on 18 October 1943.

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Kommodore

  • Oberst Karl Angerstein, July 1940 – 18 July 1940
  • Oberstleutnant Georg Edert, 27 July 1940 – 1 April 1941
  • Oberstleutnant Karl Christ, 1 April 1941 – 1 September 1941
  • Oberstleutnant Walter Sigel, 1 September 1941 – 1 April 1943
  • Oberst Kurt Kuhlmey, 1 April 1943 – 18 October 1943
  • Gruppenkommandeure

  • Major Walter Sigel, 9 July 1940 – 1 March 1942
  • Hauptmann Heinrich Eppen, 1 March 1942 – 4 June 1942
  • Hauptmann Martin Moßdorf, 5 June 1942 – July 1942
  • Hauptmann Theodor Nordmann, 14 August 1943 – 18 October 1943
  • Major Bernhard Hamester, October 1942 – 17 June 1943
  • References

    Sturzkampfgeschwader 3 Wikipedia