Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - II./JG 3 i whakawhitia ki te piriti o Kuban i te marama o Hui-tanguru 1943. He aha te take? Ko Wolf-Udo Ettel te 'whetu' o te JG 3 i tenei wa, e kii ana 28 nga patu i te Poutu-te-rangi 1943, 36 i te Paenga-whawha, me te 20 i Mei. I whai ake i te marama o Paenga-whāwhā ngā mahi nui huri noa i te moutere o Kerch. I te Hōngongoi 1943, ko te II / JG 3 me te III / JG 3 i tenei wa he waahanga o "Luftlotte" 4 ka rere i te Operation Zitadelle
, i whakarewahia te whakaekenga o te taakaha huri noa i te Kursk salient. I te 5 o Hōngongoi 1943 anake, i kii te II / JG 3 i te 77 rererangi Soviet mai i te katoa o te 432, Oblt. Ko Joachim Kirschner e kii ana e 9 nga patu me te "Gruppenkommandeur" Hpt. Ko Kurt Brändle e kii ana i te 5.