 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Achipindura kupinda kweItaly muEgypt kwakanga kwakundikana, Hitler akabatsira Benito Mussolini kudzivisa kuparara kwemasimba eAxis muNorth Africa Campaign. Operation Compass muna 1941 yakadzinga uto rechi10 reItaly uye yakatyisidzira kuparadza mauto eItaly muItaly Libya. Pakati pezvikwata zveLuftwaffe zvakamhanyira kuAfrica kwaiva III.ZG 26 pamwe chete ne staffel imwe chete kubva kuI.ZG 26, 2.ZG 26. Vakasvika panhandare dzendege pedyo neCastel Benito, Sirte uye Marble Arch musi wa30 Ndira 1941. Zvose izvi zvikamu zvakauya pasi pehutungamiri hwe Gruppenkommandeur Karl Kaschka uye mubatsiri wake, Oberleutnant Fritze Schulze-Dickow, uyo akatungamirira 8. ZG 26. Boka racho rakanga riine 7, 8 uye 9 staffel. ZG 26 akanga basa kutsigira zvinhu StG 1, StG 2 uye StG 3 uye avo Junkers Ju 87 Stuka vanobhururuka-bhomba. Musi wa 10 Kukadzi 1941, vavengi veZG 26 muAfrica vakasvika kuma squadron maviri; No. 73 Squadron RAF uye No. 3 Squadron RAAF. Mazuva maviri gare gare Erwin Rommel, mutungamiri weGermany Africa Corps akasvika muTripoli achiteverwa nezvikamu zveyakazova 21st Panzer Division musi wa 14 Kukadzi. Musi uyu, ZG 26 yakatambura kurasikirwa kwayo kwokutanga muAfrica apo III Gruppe Bf 110 yakapfurwa uye mutyairi wayo Unteroffizier Lippski nemupfuri wake vakabatwa. Chimwe kurasikirwa kwakaitika musi wa 15 Kukadzi, asi III.ZG 26 yakataura kubudirira kwayo kwekutanga muhondo ne3 RAAF musi wa 19 Kukadzi. Chikamu cheGermany chakadzivirira II.StG 2, uye pamutengo weBf 110 imwe neJu 87, yakaparadza Hurricane mbiri, ichiuraya mutyairi mumwe. NeOperation SonnenblumeMuchiitiko chikuru, III.ZG 26 yakarasikirwa nevarume vaviri musi wa 23 Kukadzi sezvo maAxis mauto akatorazve Cyrenaica. 