Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 6 ga Yuni, "Hauptmann" Adolf Galland an nada shi "Gruppenkommandeur" (shugaban rukuni) na III. "Gruppe", wanda ya maye gurbin "Major" Ernst Freiherr von Berg. Ƙungiyar
Armistice na 22 ga Yuni 1940 ya kawo karshen Yaƙin Faransa da III. An umurci "Gruppe" zuwa Mönchen-Gladbach don lokacin kulawa da sake cikawa. A ranar 21 ga Yuli, III. An tura "Gruppe" zuwa filin jirgin sama a Caffiers a arewacin Faransa, kusa da tashar Ingila a shirye-shiryen yakin Birtaniya. Schöpfel ya yi ikirarin nasararsa ta farko ta sama a lokacin yakin Birtaniya a ranar 8 ga watan Agusta. A cikin wani aiki zuwa Dover, share sararin samaniya a gaban Junkers Ju 87 masu jefa bama-bamai daga "Luftflotte" 3 (Air Fleet 3) suna kai hari ga Allied convoy "Peewit" a lokacin "Kanalkampf", Schöpfel ya yi ikirarin cewa an hallaka jirgin ruwan Bristol Blenheim mai lamba 600 da kuma Spitfire na 65 Squadron. Blenheim ya yi hadari a cikin teku a Ramsgate. Jami'in jirgin sama D. N. Grice, Sergeant F. J. Keast da A.C.J.B.Q. Warren duk an kashe su a cikin aikin. Schöpfel da farko ya yi kuskuren gano Blenheim kuma ya gabatar da da'awar a kan Handley Page Hampden bom. A ranar 12 ga watan Agusta, kwana daya kafin "Adlertag", ya yi ikirarin cewa an harbe Spitfire kusa da Folkestone. Jirgin saman da aka saukar ya kasance ko dai na No. 151 ko No. 501 Squadron, amma babu ɗayan rundunar da ke aiki da Spitfire a wannan lokacin. Lambar 151 ta ba da rahoton asarar Hurricanes uku, da matukin jirgi guda ɗaya, yayin da Lambar 501 ta rasa mayaƙan biyu kuma matukin jirgi ɗaya ya mutu - matukin jirgi wanda ya tsira shine Squadron leader A. L. Holland. Ranar bayan "Adlertag", ya yi ikirarin Hurricane daga ko dai No. 32 ko No. 615 Squadron. Ba a tabbatar da wannan da'awar ba. Squadron 32 ya sha wahala lalacewar Hurricanes uku a cikin karfi-saukarwa bayan yaƙin iska; duk matukan jirgi ba su ji rauni ba. Majiyoyin Burtaniya sun danganta asarar matukan jirgi biyu da Hurricanes biyu daga Squadron 615 zuwa Messerschmitt Bf 110s.