Jagdgeschwader 54

Geschwaderkommodore:

• Maj Martin Mettig, 1.2.40 - 25.8.40
• ObLt Hannes Trautloft, 25.8.40 - 5.7.43
• Maj Hubertus von Bonin, 6.7.43 - 15.12.43
• ObLt Anton Mader, 28.1.44 - 9.44
• Ob Dieter Hrabak, 1.10.44 - 8.5.45

Stab:

Formed 1.2.40 in Böblingen.

Bases:

I. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

• Maj Hans-Jürgen von Cramon-Traubadel, 15.9.39 - 27.12.39
• Hptm Hubertus von Bonin, 28.12.39 - 1.7.41
• Hptm Erich von Selle, 2.7.41 - 20.12.41
• Hptm Franz Eckerle, 20.12.41 - 14.2.42
• Hptm Hans Philipp, 17.2.42 - 1.4.43
• Maj Reinhard Seiler, 15.4.43 - 6.7.43
• Maj Gerard Homuth, 1.8.43 - 3.8.43
• Hptm Walter Nowotny, 10.8.43 - 4.2.44
• Hptm Horst Adameit, 4.2.44 - 8.8.44
• Hptm Franz Eisenach, 9.8.44 - 8.5.45

Formed 15.9.39 in Herzogenaurach from I./JG70. On 8.44 increased to 4 staffeln (1. - 4./JG54): 2./JG54 became 12./JG54 (attached to III. Gruppe from 6.44), and a new 2./JG54 was formed. 4./JG54 was formed in 10.44.

Bases:

15.9.39 - 9.10.39	Herzogenaurach		Bf 109E
9.10.39 - 5.40	Böblingen*		Bf 109E
5.40 - 21.6.40	Evreux, Vitry, Orleans		Bf 109E
21.6.40 - 6.8.40	Eindhoven**		Bf 109E
6.8.40 - 27.9.40	Guines-en-Calaisis		Bf 109E
27.9.40 - 5.41	Jever***		Bf 109E
5.41 - 6.41	Stolp-Rietz		Bf 109E/F
6.41 - 1.7.41	Lindenthal		Bf 109F
1.7.41 - 5.7.41	Mietau		Bf 109F
5.7.41 - 10.7.41	Alt-Schwaneburg		Bf 109F
10.7.41 - 11.7.41	Korovje-Selo		Bf 109F
11.7.41 - 5.9.41	Sarudinye		Bf 109F
5.9.41 - 12.41	Siwerskaya		Bf 109F
12.41 - 2.43	Krasnowardeisk****		Bf 109F
2.43 - 3.43	Heiligenbeil		Bf 109F, Fw 190A
3.43 - 5.43	Staraja-Russa		Fw 190A
5.43 - 6.43	Nikolskoye		Fw 190A
6.43 - 8.43	Orel		Fw 190A
8.43 - 10.43	Poltawa		Fw 190A
10.43 - 12.43	Vitebsk		Fw 190A
12.43 - 1.44	Orscha		Fw 190A
1.44 - 23.6.44	Wesenberg		Fw 190A
23.6.44 - 27.6.44	Reval-Laksberg		Fw 190A
27.6.44 - 1.7.44	Polozk*****		Fw 190A
1.7.44 - 25.7.44	Dünaburg*****		Fw 190A
25.7.44 - 8.44	Jakobstadt		Fw 190A
8.44 - 14.9.44	Riga-Skulte		Fw 190A
14.9.44 - 22.9.44	Wenden		Fw 190A
22.9.44 - 3.10.44	Riga-Spilve		Fw 190A
3.10.44 - 10.44	Tuckum		Fw 190A
10.44 - 1.45	Schrunden******		Fw 190A/D
1.45 - 3.45	Zabeln******		Fw 190A/D
3.45 - 8.5.45	Neuhausen		Fw 190A/D
8.5.45 - 5.45	Flensburg		Fw 190A/D

* also stationed in Friedrichshafen and Eutingen

** detachment at Amsterdam-Schiphol

*** detachments at Wesermünde, Westerland, Groningen (mainly 3./JG54) and Esbjerg (1./JG54 there 4.41).

**** 1. and 2./JG54 at Petäjärvi (Finland), 7.42 - 8.42

*****1./JG54 at Turku (Finland), 19.6.44 - 15.7.44

****** 2./JG54 at Windau 11.44 - 1.45; 1./JG54 at Windau, 2.45 - 3.45

II. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

• Maj Kraut, 4.7.40 - 10.7.40
• Hptm Winterer, 11.7.40 - 14.8.40
• Hptm Dietrich Hrabak, 26.8.40 - 27.10.42
• Maj Hans von Hahn, 19.11.42 - 21.2.43
• Hptm Heinrich Jung, 21.2.43 - 30.7.43
• Hptm Erich Rudorffer, 1.8.43 - 2.45
• Hptm Herbert Findeisen, 2.45 - 5.45

Formed 4.7.40 in Vlissingen from I./JG76. 4./JG54 was attached to III./JG54 from 2.43 - 6.44 (see III./JG54 bases). On 8.44 increased to 4 staffeln (5. - 8./JG54): 4./JG54 became 15./JG54, and 6./JG54 became 16./JG54, and a new 6./JG54 was formed, while 5./JG54 remained unchanged. A new 7. and 8./JG54 was formed 10.44 - 12.44.

Bases:

4.7.40 - 6.8.40	Vlissingen*		Bf 109E
6.8.40 - 8.40	Harlinghem		Bf 109E
6.8.40 - 3.12.40	Campagne-les-Guines		Bf 109E
3.12.40 - 23.1.41	Delmenhorst		Bf 109E/F
23.1.41 - 29.3.41	Le Mans		Bf 109F
29.3.41 - 4.41	Graz		Bf 109F
4.41 - 18.4.41	Bijeljina, Pancevo		Bf 109F
18.4.41 - 3.5.41	Belgrad-Semlin		Bf 109F
3.5.41 - 6.41	Stolp-Reitz		Bf 109F
6.41 - 30.6.41	Trakehnen		Bf 109F
30.6.41 - 7.41	Kowno		Bf 109F
7.41 - 8.41	Ostrow		Bf 109F
8.41 - 5.9.41	Sarudinye		Bf 109F
5.9.41 - 12.41	Siwerskaya		Bf 109F
12.41 - 2.42	Uetersen		Bf 109F
2.42 - 12.42	Rjelbitzi		Bf 109F/G
12.42 - 5.43	Kalinin(?)		Fw 190A
5.43 - 8.43	Orel		Fw 190A
8.43 - 10.43	Kiev		Fw 190A
10.43 - 12.43	Shitomir		Fw 190A
12.43 - 1.44	Winniza		Fw 190A
1.44 - 5.3.44	Uman		Fw 190A
5.3.44 - 12.3.44	Jakobstadt		Fw 190A
12.3.44 - 6.44	Petserie		Fw 190A
6.44 - 20.7.44	Immola**		Fw 190A
20.7.44 - 7.44	Utti		Fw 190A
7.44 - 8.44	Petserie		Fw 190A
8.44 - 22.9.44	Wenden		Fw 190A
22.9.44 - 10.44	Riga-Spilve		Fw 190A
10.44 - 3.45	Libau***		Fw 190A/D
3.45 - 8.5.45	Heiligenbeil		Fw 190A/D
8.5.45 - 5.45	Flensburg		Fw 190A/D

* detachment at Waalhaven

** detachments at Helsinki and Petäjärvi

*** 5. and 8./JG54 at Cirava, 1.45 - 3.45

III. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

• Hptm Fritz Ultsch, 6.6.40 - 5.9.40
• Olt Günther Scholz (acting), 6.9.40 - 4.11.40
• Hptm Arnold Lignitz, 4.11.40 - 30.9.41
• Hptm Reinhard Seiler, 1.10.41 - 15.4.43
• Hptm Siegfried Schnell, 5.43 - 1.2.44
• Olt Rudolf Patzak (acting), 2.44
• Hptm Rudolf Klemm (acting), 2.44 - 3.44
• Hptm Rudolf Sinner, 3.44 - 10.3.44
• Maj Reinhard Schroer, 14.3.44 - 20.7.44
• Hptm Robert Weiss, 21.7.44 - 29.12.44
• Olt Hans Dortenmann (acting), 1.45
• Olt Wilhelm Heilmann (acting), 1.45
• Maj Rudolf Klemm, 2.45 - 17.4.45

Formed 6.6.40 in Jesau from I./JG21. 4./JG54 was attached to the Gruppe from 2.43 to 6.44 and 2./JG54 was attached to the Gruppe from 6.44, and was renamed 12./JG54 on 10.8.44 at Oldenburg. On 10.8.44 increased to 4 staffeln ( 9. - 12./JG54): 7./JG54 became 10./JG54, 8./JG54 became 11./JG54, 9./JG54 unchanged, and a new 12./JG54 was formed from 2./JG54. On 25.2.45 redesignated IV./JG26.

Reformed 27.2.45 in Grossenhain from II./ZG76, with 3 staffeln (9. - 11./JG54). Disbanded 5.4.45.

Bases:

6.6.40 - 6.40	Jesau		Bf 109E
6.40 - 6.8.40	Soesterberg		Bf 109E
6.8.40 - 21.10.40	Guines-en-Calaisis		Bf 109E
21.10.40 - 4.12.40	Amsterdam-Schiphol*		Bf 109E
4.12.40 - 15.1.41	Dortmund		Bf 109E
15.1.41 - 29.3.41	Le Mans		Bf 109E
29.3.41 - 4.4.41	Parendorf		Bf 109E
4.4.41 - 4.41	Arad		Bf 109E
4.41 - 18.4.41	Bijeljina, Pancevo		Bf 109E
18.4.41 - 3.5.41	Belgrade-Semlin		Bf 109E
3.5.41 - 6.41	Stolp-Rietz		Bf 109E/F
6.41 - 30.6.41	Blumenfeld		Bf 109F
30.6.41 - 8.41	Kowno		Bf 109F
8.41 - 5.9.41	Sarudinye		Bf 109F
5.9.41 - 10.41	Siwerskaya		Bf 109F
10.41 - 11.41	Krasnowardeisk		Bf 109F
11.41 - 12.42	Siwerskaya**		Bf 109F/G
12.42 - 12.2.43	Smolensk		Bf 109G
12.2.43 - 27.3.43	Vendeville		Bf 109G
27.3.43 - 23.6.43	Oldenburg		Bf 109G
23.6.43 - 24.7.43	Deelen		Bf 109G
24.7.43 - 15.8.43	Amsterdam-Schiphol		Bf 109G
15.8.43 - 12.43	Schwerin		Bf 109G
12.43 - 25.2.44	Ludwigslust		Bf 109G
25.2.44 - 20.4.44	Lüneburg		Bf 109G
20.4.44 - 23.5.44	Landau		Bf 109G
23.5.44 - 7.6.44	Illesheim		Bf 109G, Fw 190A
7.6.44 - 5.9.44	Villacoublay		Fw 190A
5.9.44 - 11.44	Oldenburg***		Fw 190A/D
11.44 - 29.12.44	Varrelbusch		Fw 190D
29.12.44 - 5.1.45	Handrup/Fürstenau		Fw 190D
5.1.45 - 25.2.45	Varrelbusch		Fw 190D
27.2.45 - 5.4.45	Grossenhain		Bf 109G

* detachments at Katwijk, Hamstede and De Kooy.

** 7./JG54 operated in Finland (6.42 - 7.42), possibly at Petäjärvi

*** 9./JG54 at Hesepe (12.10.44 - 24.12.44) and 12./JG54 at Achmer (12.10.44 - 24.12.44)

IV. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

• Hptm Erich Rudorffer, 7.43 - 30.7.43
• Hptm Rudolf Sinner, 30.7.43 - 2.44
• Hptm Siegfried Schnell, 11.2.44 - 25.2.44
• Hptm Gerhard Koall (acting), 3.44 - 5.44
• Maj Wolfgang Späte, 5.44 - 30.9.44
• Hptm Rudolf Klemm, 1.10.44 - 2.45
• Hptm Fritz-Karl Schloßstein, 3.45 - 4.45

Formed 7.43 in Jesau from parts of 4./JG54 with 10. - 12. staffeln. Reorganised in 8.44 ( now 13. - 16./JG54): 10./JG54 became 13./JG54, 11./JG54 became 14./JG54, new 15./JG54 from 4./JG54 and new 16./JG54 from 6./JG54 (the old 12./JG54 became part of III./JG54). On 7.2.45 redesignated II./JG7.

Bases:

7.43 - 8.43	Jesau		Bf 109G
8.43 - 9.43	Siwerskaya		Bf 109G
9.43 - 12.43	Idriza		Bf 109G
12.43 - 1.44	Dno		Bf 109G
1.44 - 25.2.44	Pleskau*		Bf 109G
25.2.44 - 29.3.44	Dorpat*		Bf 109G
29.3.44 - 20.4.44	Lemberg		Bf 109G
20.4.44 - 15.5.44	Mamaia		Bf 109G
15.5.44 - 19.5.44	Roman		Bf 109G
19.5.44 - 29.5.44	Leipzig/Romania		Bf 109G
29.5.44 - 9.6.44	Landau		Bf 109G
9.6.44 - 27.6.44	Illesheim		Bf 109G, Fw 190A
27.6.44 - 3.7.44	Baranowitschi		Fw 190A
3.7.44 - 23.7.44	Lublin		Fw 190A
23.7.44 - 27.7.44	Deblin-Irena		Fw 190A
27.7.44 - 21.8.44	Piastow		Fw 190A
21.8.44 - 8.44	Trakehnen		Fw 190A
8.44 - 6.9.44	Nasielsk		Fw 190A
6.9.44 - 14.9.44	Zichenau		Fw 190A
14.9.44 - 18.9.44	Alt-Lönnewitz		Fw 190A
18.9.44 - 7.10.44	Plantlünne		Fw 190A
7.10.44 - 19.11.44	Mörtitz		Fw 190A
19.11.44 - 21.11.44	Münster-Handorf		Fw 190A
21.11.44 - 1.45	Vörden		Fw 190A
1.45 - 2.45	Gardelegen		Fw 190A

* 12./JG54 was based at Uman (22.2.44 - 3.3.44), at Jakobstadt (3.3.44 - 12.3.44) and at Petserie (12.3.44 - 26.3.44).

Ergänzungsgruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

• Olt Zilken, 10.40 - 3.41
• Olt Eggers, 3.41 - 1.42

Formed 10.40 in Bergen-am-Zee

Bases:

10.(Jabo)/JG54:

Reformed 17.2.43 in St. Omer-Wizernes from 10.(Jabo)/JG26.

Bases: