Schlachtgeschwader 3

Schlachtgeschwader 3
Junkers Ju 87D dive bombers of SG 3 over Yugoslavia, October 1943.
Active	1943–45
Country	Nazi Germany
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Branch	Luftwaffe
Type	Dive bomber
Role	Close air support
Size	Air Force Wing
Insignia
Identification symbol	S1

Schlachtgeschwader 3 (SG 3) was a Luftwaffe Dive bomber-wing of World War II. It was formed on 18 October 1943 in Eleusis from the Stab/Sturzkampfgeschwader 3. A special detachment was formed 13 June 1944 to 13 August 1944 referred to as Detachment Kuhlmey. The detachment was built around elements of I./SG 3, I./SG 5, II./JG 54 and NaGr.1

Commanding officers

Kommodore

• Oberst Kurt Kuhlmey, 18 October 1943 – 15 December 1944
• Major Bernhard Hamester, 15 December 1944 – 28 April 1945

Gruppenkommandeure

I./SG 3

• Hauptmann Helmut Naumann, 18 October 1943 – 1944
• Hauptmann Hans von Bargen, 1944 - 6 July 1944 (+KIA)
• Hauptmann Hans Töpfer, 7 July 1944 – 19 February 1945
• Hauptmann Heinrich Smikalla, 4 March 1945 – 8 May 1945

II./SG 3

• Hauptmann Theodor Nordmann, 18 October 1943 – 18 January 1945
• Hauptmann Adolf Heimlich, 18 January 1945 – 8 May 1945

III./SG 3

• Hauptmann Heinz Hoge, 18 October 1943 – 31 December 1943
• Hauptmann Heinz Hamester, 31 December 1943 – 15 June 1944
• Hauptmann Heinz Hoge, 15 June 1944 – 15 October 1944
• Hauptmann Siegfried Göbel, 15 October 1944 – 25 January 1945
• Hauptmann Fritz Eyer, 25 January 1945 – 15 February 1945
• Hauptmann Horst Schnuchel, 15 February 1945 – 6 March 1945
• Hauptmann Erich Bunge, 6 March 1945 – 25 March 1945
• Hauptmann Hans Niehuus, 25 March 1945 – 8 May 1945

See also

Organization of the Luftwaffe during World War II