Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Geschwader ya goyi bayan ayyukan Army Group Center a farkon lokacin yakin a gabas. Ya shiga cikin yakin Białystok-Minsk, yakin Brody
, Yaƙin Kiev da Yaƙin Smolensk. Ya goyi bayan turawa don kama Moscow, wanda ya haifar da rashin nasarar yakin Moscow. An janye shi zuwa Jamus don hutawa a watan Disamba na 1941 zuwa Janairu 1942.