<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna December 1940 StG 3 yakarayirwa kuenda kuTrapani muSicily. Kubva 2 kusvika 9 Ndira 1941 yakatamira kunhandare dzendege pachitsuwa ichi nekumira kwenguva pfupi pedyo neStuttgart kubvumira kuenda uye kuzorora. Stab.StG 3 yakawedzerwa nemapoka maviri. I.StG 1 naII.StG 2 vakanga vari pasi paro. Kuunganidzwa kwemapoka kwakagoverwa kuX Fliegerkorps. Mutungamiri wechikamu akaudzwa kuti arwise Malta, Mediterranean Fleet, uye kuparadza ngarava dzinofamba pakati peSicily neNorth Africa, kutsigira mubatanidzwa wavo weItaly kurwisana muLibya. Mapapiro akarayirwa kurwisa ndokuparadza ngarava inotakura ndege yeBritain,. Mutakuri wacho akanga atamba basa rinokosha mu  <response>: Hondo yeTaranto uye yakava chinangwa chinokosha. Musi waFebruary 7 Georg Edert akatsiviwa saGeschwaderkommodore. Mutsivi wake Karl Christ, StG 3, akarayira kurwisa. 