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    Sturzkampfgeschwader 3 (StG 3—Dive Bomber Wing 3) was a Dive bomber wing in the German Luftwaffe during World War II and operated the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka...
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  • the 1./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 15 July 1942 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Sturzkampfgeschwader 3 Patzwall...
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    killed or missing and 48 wounded in July, and its strength rose to 1,429 by 3 August. By that date, it was only short of 124 pilots. In the second phase...
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    IV.(St), Sturzkampfgeschwader 1's III. Gruppe and Sturzkampfgeschwader 2's III. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 51 and Sturzkampfgeschwader 3's I. Gruppe...
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    Schlachtgeschwader 3 (SG 3) was a Luftwaffe close air support Geschwader during World War II. It was formed on 18 October 1943 in Eleusis from Sturzkampfgeschwader 3. A...
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    operations for Allied and Axis aviation throughout the summer. Sturzkampfgeschwader 3, another Ju 87 wing arrived in Africa in the summer. The eight-month...
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    Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 (StG 77) was a Luftwaffe dive bomber wing during World War II. From the outbreak of war StG 77 distinguished itself in every Wehrmacht...
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  • aircraft into Trondheim Fjord. Sigel was the commanding officer of Sturzkampfgeschwader 76 during the Junkers Ju 87 dive bombing demonstration at Neuhammer...
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  • 1. and 4. Staffel formed 10 Bf 109s to escort 15 Ju 87s from I.Sturzkampfgeschwader 3. P-40s from 2 SAAF and 80 Squadron RAF were scrambled to intercept...
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    Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 (StG 1 - Dive Bomber Wing 1) was a Luftwaffe dive bomber wing during World War II. StG 1 was formed in May 1939 and remained active...
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    /Nachtjagdgeschwader 2. According to Scherzer as pilot in the III./Sturzkampfgeschwader 3. According to Scherzer as commander of the 7. Flieger-Division (Fallschirmjäger)...
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    Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 (StG 2) Immelmann was a Luftwaffe dive bombing wing of World War II. It was named after the World War I aviator Max Immelmann. It...
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    the Italians but the operations were independent. I Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 3 (StG 3) had transferred from Trapani to Elmas and at 17:30 hrs, 20...
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    to 11 May 1945. According to Scherzer as Staffelkapitän of the 3./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann". According to Scherzer as pilot in the Nahaufklärungsstaffel...
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    Corps was given two wings of Ju 87s for the task; StG 2 and Sturzkampfgeschwader 3 (StG 3), based in Bulgaria. With reinforcements, the German air contingent...
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    of Malta. A Stabsstaffel of Sturzkampfgeschwader 3 (StG 3) arrived. Oberstleutnant Karl Christ, Geschwaderkommodore of StG 3 gave orders to intercept heavy...
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    /SS-Panzer-Regiment 2. According to Scherzer as pilot in the 6./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77. According to Scherzer as leader of the 8./Grenadier-Regiment...
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    Wettererkundungsstaffel 26. According to Scherzer as pilot in the I./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann". According to Scherzer on 24 January 1945 as Feldwebel...
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    to destroy Poling radar station. A fourth unit, Sturzkampfgeschwader 3 (StG 3 or Dive Bombing Wing 3), sent 22 Ju 87s to attack Gosport. The dive-bombers...
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    Malta. In March, she was attacked and damaged by 15 Ju 87 from Sturzkampfgeschwader 3 and Italian Cant 1007 aircraft. Though they failed to hit Birmingham...
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    October, Sturzkampfgeschwader 1, Sturzkampfgeschwader 3 and Sturzkampfgeschwader 5 were renamed Schlachtgeschwader 1, 3 and 5. Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 and...
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    Grenadier-Regiment 501. According to Scherzer as Staffelführer of the 2./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2. According to Scherzer as commander of Heeres-Sturmartillerie-Brigade...
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    assert the attack was carried out by Junkers Ju 87 dive bombers from Sturzkampfgeschwader 3. HMS Javelin began to tow Nestor, but by 05:30 on 16 June, the quantity...
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    commonly referred to, were based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 849 of 3 June 1940. In 1941, two higher grades of the Knight's Cross were instituted...
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    Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6. Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz...
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    they were attacked by 18 Ju 87 "Stuka" dive-bombers of I Gruppe Sturzkampfgeschwader 3 MEGARA. Although damaged by a bomb, Penelope was able to return...
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    twenty Axis aeroplanes (including an entire group belonging to Sturzkampfgeschwader 3), shot up buildings, supply dumps and caused several casualties;...
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    escort for Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive-bombers from Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 and Sturzkampfgeschwader 3. The bench-mark for the Knight's Cross of the Iron...
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  • Tapferkeits-Medaille German Cross in Gold on 5 June 1942 as Oberstleutnant in Sturzkampfgeschwader 3 Citations The Aerodrome website's page on Karl Christ http://www...
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    /Sturzkampfgeschwader 1. According to Scherzer as Staffelführer of the 3./Jagdgeschwader 52. According to Scherzer as leader of Grenadier-Regiment 3....
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