JAGDGESCHWADER 3 UDET IN WORLD WAR II Vol 2

II./JG 3 in action with the Messerschmitt Bf109. This second volume presents the unit history of the Udet Geschwader's second Gruppe, II./JG 3, beginning with its formation in early 1940 and the subsequent service of the newly formed Gruppe in the campaign in the West from 1940-1941. Next the Gruppe's 1941 tour of duty in Russia is dealt with, followed by a short spell in the Mediterranean theatre of war, where II./JG 3 was involved in the fighting over Malta in the spring of 1942. In June 1942, the Gruppe was again shifted to the east where it took part in the advance on Stalingrad, suffering serious losses. 1943 saw the Gruppe still in Russia until it was recalled to the Reich to see further service in the defence of Germany between August 1943 and early June 1944. After its return to the Reich and a short period of rest and re-equipping, II./JG 3 was again called upon for service in the Reichsverteidigung - this coming to an abrupt end when in November 1944 the Gruppe was separated from its parent Geschwader in order to re-equip with the new Me262 jet fighter and become part of the first jet fighter Geschwader of the Luftwaffe, JG 7.