I./StG 3 returned to Sicily for operations briefly on 12 August 1942. Based at Trapani it served Fliegerkorps II and flew bombing attacks on the Pedestal convoy. The Ju 87s scored two hits on the aircraft carrier "Indomitable" forcing her out of action. The Germans lost two crews to her fighters. The motor vessel "Dorset" was also sunk. It flew more attacks on the 13 and 14 August and lost one aircraft. The cruiser "Kenya" was damaged. The group returned to Egypt in late August 1942.