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Hi...

Yes, I take your point. However, it was only II.Gruppe/KG28 (Staffel I/D letters M,N & P) which transferred to KG54 and retained the old '2F' coding until March 1940, when it was drawn into line and given the standard KG54 'B3' coding, according to Barry Rosch's Luftwaffe Codes, Marking and Units, 1939-1945 (Schiffer). The remainder of KG28 kept its '2F' coding until receiving its new '1T' code on 15 January, 1940, so presumably from December 1939 until March 1940, '2F' would only represent II.Gruppe/KG54, and would have covered the 4.to 6.Staffeln, not 7.Staffel.

This site also states that III.Gruppe/KG28 was largely formed from new in February 1940, with only its 8.Staffel being drawn from another unit, namely KG53. Therefore, I imagine that in the Spring of 1940, a 7.Staffel/KG28 machine would have been coded 1T+GR. If, for the sake of conversation, this Gruppe had carried an old code over, then it could only have been the 8.Staffel which could have done this, and would have been A1+GS.

However, just to really put the cat amongst the pigeons, it's not inconcievable that it is an entirely alphabetic coding on an operational front line aircraft. Many of the Zerstörer aircraft of 13.(Z)/JG5 are well-documented as carrying fully alphabetic codes, one example being a Bf110F - LN+RR - with the last letter 'R' being completely at odds with its 13.Staffel status.

Regards...