Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: E bugara II./JG 3 na Kuban bridgehead na February 1943. Oblt. Wolf-Udo Ettel gosipụtara 'kpakpando' nke JG 3 n'oge a, na-ekwu na ọ gburu 28 na Machị 1943, 36 na Eprel, na 20 na Mee. Ọrụ ndị siri ike gburugburu Kerch peninsula sochiri na Eprel. Na July 1943 II./JG 3 na III./JG 3 n'oge a bụ akụkụ nke "Luftlotte" 4 wee fega na
Operation Zitadelle, mwakpo tankị malitere gburugburu Kursk salient. Na 5 Julaị 1943 naanị, II./JG 3 kwuru na ụgbọ elu 77 nke ndị Soviet kwuru na ọ bụ 432, Oblt. Joachim Kirschner na-ekwu na o gburu mmadụ itoolu na "Gruppenkommandeur" Hpt. Kurt Brändle na-ekwu na 5.