Kammala wannan jumla: A watan Disamba na 1940 an umurci StG 3 zuwa Trapani a Sicily. Daga 2 zuwa 9 ga Janairu 1941 ya koma filin jirgin sama a tsibirin tare da ɗan gajeren lokaci kusa da Stuttgart don ba da izinin barin da hutawa. Stab./StG 3 ya karu da ƙungiyoyi biyu. I./StG 1 da II./StG 2 sun kasance a ƙarƙashinsa. An sanya tarin raka'a zuwa X Fliegerkorps. An umarci umarnin reshen ya kai hari kan Malta, Jirgin Ruwa na Bahar Rum, da kuma lalata jiragen ruwa da ke tafiya tsakanin Sicily da Arewacin Afirka, don tallafawa abokansu na Italiya da ke yaƙi a Libya. An umarci reshen ya shiga kuma ya hallaka jirgin sama na Birtaniya,. Mai jigilar ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin
Yaƙin Taranto kuma ya zama manufa ta farko. A ranar 7 ga Fabrairu Georg Edert ya maye gurbinsa a matsayin Geschwaderkommodore. Wanda ya gaje shi Karl Christ, StG 3, ya ba da umarnin kai hari.