<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-June 18, 1941, II. I-Gruppe yathutha eBeaumont-le-Roger yaya e-Abbeville-Drucat lapho yahlala khona izinyanga eziyisithupha ezalandela. Kusukela kulokhu, i-Gruppe yavikela i-RAF Fighter Command ngokuhlasela okungapheli eFrance. NgoJulayi 1941, ngenkathi endiza ne Stab eyunithi lekomkhulu le-JG 2, uRudorffer wafuna ukunqoba okungu-6 emoyeni. Lesi sibalo sihlanganisa ama-Spitfire amabili ngoJulayi 7, i-Spitfire ne-Hurricane ngoJulayi 9, i-Spitfire eyodwa ngoJulayi 10 no-11 ngamunye. Wabe esekhonza no-6. Staffel we-JG 2 futhi wafuna ukunqoba okungu-15 emoyeni ekupheleni kuka-1941, okwenza ingqikithi yakhe ibe ngu-41. URudorffer wamiswa Staffelkapitän umholi weqembu we-6. Staffel we-JG 2 ngo-1 Novemba 1941, ngaleyo ndlela elandela Oberleutnant uFrank Liesendahl owathuthelwa. Ngo - March 1942, u - II. I Gruppe yaqala ukuguqukela kuFocke-Wulf Fw 190 A-2. Ukuqeqeshelwa ukuguqulwa kwenziwa ngendlela ehleliwe, i-Staffel nge-Staffel, eLe Bourget Airfield eduze naseParis. Ukuguqulwa kwaqedwa ekupheleni kuka-April. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, Gruppe kwaba ifakwe Fw 190 A-2 futhi A-3 okufana. Ngo-1942, uRudorffer wabamba iqhaza ku-Operation Cerberus Channel Dash futhi wandiza phezu kokufika kwama-Allied eDieppe  <response>: ngo-August ka-1942. 