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.

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

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

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