Colours used on JG54 109F aircraft at start of Barbarossa

[Rabe Anton]

Very probably someone will turn up exactly the type of photo you are looking for. In lieu of that information, however, you might take a look at the color photograph of Bf 109E of II./JG 54 which was published on the dust jacket of Smith, et al., Luftwaffe Painting Guide (Kookabura Technical Publications, ca. 1970). While it is true that this Emil antedated the Bf 109F-2 in II./
JG 54 service by several months, it is indisputable that the peculiar camouflage pattern found on the Emil was the progenitor for that found on the unit's F-2s. In my opinion, the colors as well as the pattern remained consistent throughout 1941 regardless of aircraft subtype. Thus, I feel that once you have seen the Emil scheme, you also will have seen the F-2 scheme. Perhaps also worth noting that the 1970 publication date makes electronic colorization rather less likely than in recent "color"
photographs.

RA