![]() III./SG 2 kept on flying the outdated Junkers Ju 87 until the end of World War II. While II./SG 2, formerly II./SchlG 1, had been equipped with Focke-Wulf Fw 190 since late 1942, I./SG 2 was converted to the new machine in June 1944. Ju 87 G-2 "Kanonenvogel" with its twin Bordkanone BK 3.7, 37 mm guns. Rudel crippled the soviet Battleship Marat with a 1000 kg bomb. ![]() On 23 September 1941, StG 2 attacked the Baltic Red Banner Fleet docked in Kronstadt harbour. The most effective way to assault tanks from the air would appear with SG 2 in 1943. During the rest of 19, the inadequacy of dive-bombing tanks became more evident. On 26 June 1941, Stuka Geschwader 2 attacked 60 Soviet tanks south of Grodno, and later discovered that only one T-34 had been knocked out. ![]() In 1941, Stukageschwader 2 was transferred to the Eastern Front. I./SG 2 was I./StG 2, II./SG 2 was created from the II./ Schlachtgeschwader 1, III./SG 2 was II./StG 2. Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann" was formed on 18 October 1943 from Sturzkampfgeschwader 2. The 4 SchlG Gruppen were integrated into the former Stuka (StG) and Schnellkampfgeschwader (SKG) to form SG 2, 4, 77 and 10. ![]() The early two Schlachtgeschwader 1 and 2 were abbreviated SchlG, the reformed Stukageschwader in 1943 were abbreviated SG. This close-support Stuka unit fought principally in the southern sector of the Eastern Front in places like Stalingrad and the Caucasus. It was named after Max Immelmann, the first German pilot to earn the Pour le Mérite. Schlachtgeschwader 2 (SG 2) Immelmann was a Luftwaffe dive-bomber wing of World War II. ![]()
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