The 7./JG54, 8./JG54 and 9./JG54 were the Staffelen of the III Gruppe of the JG54. All of them belonged to the JG21, I Gruppe earlier. The JG21 was formed on 15th July 1939 based at the Jesau airfield near Königsberg, Eastern Prussia. The emblem of the unit was the "Jesau Kreuz" ...
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and consisted of :
Stab I./JG21
1./JG21
2./JG21
3./JG21
On the 6th July 1940 the I./JG21 became the Third Gruppe of the JG54 ( III./JG54 ) ...
Stab I./JG21 became Stab III./JG54
1./JG21 became 7./JG54
2./JG21 became 8./JG54
3./JG21 became 9./JG54
The "Jesau Kreuz" emblem of the I./JG21 was adobted by the III./JG54. The 7 and 8 Staffel "inherited" the emblems of the 1 and 2./JG21 while the "Hunting Falcon " of the 3./JG21 was changed to the one with the dvil's head in the shield called the "Grinning Devil's Head". I may be wrong but initially the emblem could be a personal one used by Hans Ekkehard Bob ( or he was the authour of the badge ) who served just in the 3./JG21. In October 1940, he was appointed Staffelkapitän of 7./JG 54 for a short period and then he became the Staffelkapitän of 9./JG54. The 3./JG21 (9./JG54} was known as the "Devils Squadron" and the name seems to be given because of the heavy fights over the Poland and France in 1939-1940. But certainly it could be because of the emblem that seems to be introduced in early 1940.
The 1./JG21 (7./JG54), from late 1939 to the end of Battle of Britain, was stationed near the Germen-Netherlands bordrline, and to remember it, the Staffel applied the emblem of the "Winged Clog" at the beginning of the 1940. After the 1./JG21 had become the 7./JG54 the Staffel emblem was improved in early 1942 and the "Flying Clog" was superimposed to Coat of Arms of Hamburg.
The emblem of the 2./JG21 (8./JG54) was a red-white sparrow IIRC.
There are known three variants of the 7./G54 emblem , also two ones of the 8./JG54 and two of the 9 Staffel.
7./JG54
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8./JG54
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9./G54
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