 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mapoka maviri aya akarwa achibudirira muchikamu chokutanga chehondo. On 20 October 1941, I.ZG 26 akarayirwa kudzokera kuGermany uye akatumidzwa II.NJG 1 kusiya II.ZG 26 uye SKG 210 chete Bf 110 zviumbu muSoviet Union. Mazuva akati gare gare, Luftflotte 2 yakarayirwa kutamira kumaodzanyemba kweEurope uye kutsigira Hondo yeMediterranean. Kurwisa kweMoscow kwakakundikana uye kwakaiswa pasi pekurwisa kukuru kweSoviet musi wa5 Zvita 1941. II.ZG 26 yakaramba iri munharaunda yepakati ichidzivirira Demyansk Pocket. 