 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - StG 3 yakatsigira DAK muHondo yeBir Hakeim uye Hondo yeGazala. Vafambisi vendege vaSigel vakabhururuka 1,400 vachirwisa Bir Hakeim. I.StG 3 yakashuma 10 kana 11 Ju 87s yakaparadzwa pamusoro peGazala kubva 26 May kusvika 4 June. Pana 3 June I.StG 3 yakarasikirwa nevashanu vakaparadzwa uye mumwe akakuvadzwa. Zuva rakatevera racho rakarasikirwa nomutungamiriri waro Heinrich Eppen akaurayiwa nevarwi veSouth African Air Force. II.StG 3 yakarasikirwa neimwe ndege pamusoro penhare yeBir Hacheim. StG 3 yakarasikirwa nevashanu vakaparadzwa kana kukuvadzwa musi uyu - vaviri vakaparadzwa zvechokwadi uye mumwe akakuvadzwa zvakanyanya. Varume vanomwe vakaurawa, vana vakakuvadzwa nomumwe wokupedzisira akabatwa. Eppen akatsiviwa naHauptmann Martin Mossdorf musi wa5 Chikumi. Kurasikirwa kweStG 3 kungave kwakanga kwakakwirira se14 Ju 87 muvhiki yekutanga pamusoro peBir Hacheim asi vanobhomba vanobhururuka vakabatsira mukutora nhare. Mukubhururuka kwekupedzisira kwekubhomba mabhomba 124 Ju 87s yakatumirwa kurwisa varwi veAllied. Muvhiki yokutanga 100 kurwiswa zvakaitwa; musi wa9 June mafungu maviri 100 Ju 87s kusvetuka bhomba nhare. 