Kammala wannan jumla: II./JG 3 an sake shi zuwa Kuban bridgehead a watan Fabrairun 1943. Abin da ya faru. Wolf-Udo Ettel ya tabbatar da 'tauraron' na JG 3 a wannan lokacin, yana da'awar kashe 28 a watan Maris na 1943, 36 a watan Afrilu, da 20 a watan Mayu. An ci gaba da aiki a kusa da tsibirin Kerch a watan Afrilu. A watan Yulin 1943 II./JG 3 da III./JG 3 a wannan lokacin suna cikin "Luftlotte" 4 kuma sun tashi a
Operation Zitadelle, an kaddamar da hare-haren tanki a kusa da Kursk salient. A ranar 5 ga Yuli 1943 kadai, II / JG 3 ya yi ikirarin jirgin saman Soviet 77 daga cikin jimillar jiragen sama 432, Oblt. Joachim Kirschner ya yi ikirarin kashe mutane 9 da kuma "Gruppenkommandeur" Hpt. Kurt Brändle yana da'awar 5.