StG 1 served the German war effort on every front including limited Bandenbekämpfung operations in support of Wehrmacht and Nazi paramilitary forces.

The mission was a partial success, but turned to failure when Polish Army engineers repaired the cables and blew the bridge before German forces arrived.

Accurate bombing to within five metres of the bunkers stunned the Modlin Army defenders allowing the Germans to overrun their defences.

The long-range Ju 87s appear not to have needed staging grounds for operations against Norwegian targets and probably did not play a role in the invasion of Denmark earlier in the day.

On 25 April, a British raid by Fleet Air Arm Blackburn Skua and Fairey Swordfish aircraft destroyed six or seven Ju 87s near Trondheim/Værnes.

Staffel, Oberleutnant Heinz Böhme claimed to have hit the carrier (he did not, it was a near-miss) and failed to mention in his report that he lost one of his Ju 87s (Oberfeldwebel Erich Stahl and Unteroffizier Friedrich Gott) to two Sea Gladiators of 802 Squadron FAA.

[21] Allied officer commanding, Major General Adrian Carton de Wiart recommended ceasing supply operations in the face of German air superiority.

43 Squadron RAF Hawker Hurricane flown by Sergeant B L Taylor whilst Feldwebel Hans Ott and his gunner Sonderführer Brack fell victim to Flying Officer John F Drummond.

[31] On 7 July, III./StG 1 formed officially two days later according to records, flew their first combat mission over the English Channel in the Kanalkampf phase of the air battle.

The oiler War Sepoy blew up, the tug Simla, the drifter Golden Drift and the destroyer HMS Griffin were all damaged.

The Bf 109 escorts were unable to prevent the RAF intercepting, which damaged four Ju 87s and accounted for two destroyed; Leutnant Roden and his gunner being killed.

[42] Commanded by Major Paul-Werner Hozzel and Hauptmann Helmut Mahlke the attacks sank the Dutch vessel SS Ajax carrying a cargo of Wheat in five minutes, killing four men and wounding four.

[48] On 13 August the Luftwaffe began Operation Eagle Attack to destroy RAF Fighter Command in southern England.

and III./StG 1 attacked and knocked out the radar station at Ventnor, which remained inoperative for an entire week, before also proceeding to destroy three hangars and half a dozen aircraft at RNAS Lee-on-Solent.

[59] They remained active, against shipping in the English Channel, and also played a minor role in The Blitz, flying some night sorties against London.

[67] Force H shelled Genoa (Operation Grog), and so the group transferred to Sardinia on 9 February but did not succeed in finding the British ships.

[77] On 14 February one crewman was killed by ground fire over El Agheila and four days later 12 Ju 87s attacked enemy positions near Marsa Brega, the Desert Air Force claimed five of the dive-bombers.

[67] At this time it carried out attacks against British Army motorised transport and tanks wast[clarification needed] of Marble Arch.

[89] III./StG 1 attacked road traffic in around the Roslavl, Gomel and Bryansk regions as Army Group Centre advanced east to Moscow until the beginning of August.

142 aircraft were also deployed in the Karelian Isthmus and Markian Popov, AOC commanding recalled the 2 BAD and 7 IAP to deal with the developing threat.

[89] They assisted Heinz Guderian's Panzer Group reach an seize bridgehead[clarification needed] across the river Seym, halfway between Kiev an Kursk.

On 17 June elements of the group bombed Soviet partisans positions after an attack on a train in the Shukovka area, to the rear of the Second Panzer Army.

The following day the Ju 87s suppressed Soviet artillery on the opposite bank and cut the flow of supplies to the defending 62nd army.

The Germans control of the air and 6:1 numerical superiority failed to eliminate the small Soviet pockets on the west bank of the Volga.

[94] Only ZG 1, StG 2 and 77 were called on to provide air support for Operation Winter Storm, the failed relief effort.

On 1 January 1943 it had only a single aircraft before re-equipping in February and then fighting against Soviet spearheads at the Rossosh and Dnepropetrovsk regions, often flying from Poltava.

As the fighting intensified, from 5 to 23 February flew 353 bombing missions, claiming seven tanks, 70 to 80 vehicles, 12 companies, 300 infantry soldiers killed and 10 to 15 houses destroyed.

The Kuban bridgehead remained an area of heavy fighting but the Luftwaffe prepared for Operation Citadel, an offensive to shorten the line and destroy Soviet forces in a salient near Kursk.

Fliegerkorps' StG 1 and 3 flew 647 bombing missions and lost four aircraft to ground-fire; though Soviet sources insist the aforementioned crew were shot down by fighters.

The following day the 4th Panzer Division attempted a breakthrough and failed—the 378 Ju 87 missions were flown in support of the XXXXVII Panzerkorps; only five tanks were claimed in bad weather.