Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Daga 25 ga Mayu 1940 an sake sanya ZG 26 daga Jagdfliegerführer 2 zuwa Fliegerkorps V don samar da KG 51 tare da tallafi. ZG 26 ya kasance a cikin aikin a lokacin da aka kwashe Dunkirk, da kuma mataki na karshe na yakin Faransa, Fall Rot. A ranar 31 ga watan Mayu, ZG 26 ya yi ikirarin Spitfires biyar a kan Dunkirk. An san Hurricanes biyu da aka harbe a cikin yakin da Bf 110s. Dukkanin matukan jirgin sama na No. 229 Squadron RAF sun tsira. An ba da rahoton Spitfire daga No. 64 Squadron RAF da aka rasa a cikin yaƙi tare da Bf 110s. An kama matukin jirgi amma daga baya ya mutu daga raunuka. A ranar 5 ga Yuni Stab./ZG 26 ya kasance a Sint-Truiden, I./ZG 26 a Yvrench/Saint Omer, II./ZG 26 a Lille da III./ZG 26 a Arques, Pas-de-Calais. ZG 26 ya kasance a ƙarƙashin Fliegerkorps I a watan Yuni kuma ya tashi don tallafawa ayyukan iska na Jamus a kan Operation Ariel. A ƙarshen yakin Faransa bayan Armistice na 22 ga Yuni, 1940
, "Zerstörergeschwader" 1, 2, 26, 52 da 76 sun sha wahala asarar kashi 32 cikin dari - mafi yawan asarar kashi daga kowane nau'in reshe na Jamus.