Sturzkampfgeschwader 3

Sturzkampfgeschwader 3
Active	1940–1943
Country	Nazi Germany
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Branch	Luftwaffe
Type	Dive bomber
Role	Close air support
Size	Air Force Wing
Insignia
Identification symbol	S1

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.

Commanding officers

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

I./StG 3

• 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
• Major Herbert Spangenberg, July 1942 – 1 December 1942
• Hauptmann Horst Schiller, 1 December 1942 – 2 June 1943
• Hauptmann Helmut Naumann, 19 June 1943 – 18 October 1943

II./StG 3

• Hauptmann Kurt Kuhlmey, 13 January 1942 – July 1942
• Hauptmann Heinrich Heine, July 1942 – 1 April 1943
• Hauptmann Hans Neumann, 1 April 1943 – 13 August 1943
• Hauptmann Theodor Nordmann, 14 August 1943 – 18 October 1943

III./StG 3

• Hauptmann Kurt Walter, 13 January 1942 – 26 October 1942
• Major Bernhard Hamester, October 1942 – 17 June 1943
• Hauptmann Eberhard Jacob, 17 June 1943 – 18 October 1943

See also

• Organization of the Luftwaffe during World War II

References

• "Lexikon der Wehrmacht". Sturzkampfgeschwader 3. http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Stukageschwader/SG3-R.htm. Retrieved 24 February 2011.