Sturzkampfgeschwader 3

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. {| class="toc" id="toc"

Contents
[hide] *1 Commanding officers
 * 1.1 Kommodore
 * 1.2 Gruppenkommandeure
 * 1.2.1 I./StG 3
 * 1.2.2 II./StG 3
 * 1.2.3 III./StG 3
 * 2 See also
 * 3 References
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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

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