Sii wad qodobkan - II./JG 3 waxaa loo wareejiyay madaxa buundada Kuban bishii Febraayo 1943. Wax kasta oo ay tahay. Wolf-Udo Ettel wuxuu cadeeyay inuu yahay 'xiddiga' JG 3 waqtigaas, isagoo sheegtay 28 dil bishii Maarso 1943, 36 bishii Abriil, iyo 20 bishii Maajo. Howlgallo xoogan oo ku xeeran jasiiradda Kerch ayaa la raacay bishii Abriil. Bishii Luulyo 1943 II./JG 3 iyo III./JG 3 waqtigan waxay qayb ka ahaayeen "Luftlotte" 4 waxayna u duuleen Hawlgalka Zitadelle
, weerarkii taangiyada ee laga bilaabay hareeraha Kursk salient. 5tii Luulyo 1943 kaliya, II./JG 3 waxay sheegatay 77 diyaaradood oo Soviet ah oo ka mid ah 432, Oblt. Joachim Kirschner oo sheegtay 9 dil iyo "Gruppenkommandeur" Hpt. Kurt Brändle wuxuu sheeganayaa 5.