 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - II.KG 54 yakapfuurira kusvikira kumugumo weBarbarossa. Yakatsigira zvisina kunanga mauto eGermany muHondo Yokutanga yeKharkov. Rakarwisa ngarava dzeSoviet muGungwa reAzov, uye rakarwisa zvivakwa paKerch neAktarsk 28 kusvika 31 Gumiguru. Muna October rakarasikirwa nebhomba mbiri bedzi. Muna November nhandare dzendege nemisoro yezvitima zvaiva vavariro muDonbass. Musi wa 10 Mbudzi yakabviswa, asi kusiyana neI.KG 54, yakadzoka mugore idzva. Boka racho rakarasikirwa nemabhomba 24 uye 20 akakuvadzwa muBarbarossa. Yakarasikirwa nenhengo dzechikwata 39 dzakaurawa, 37 dzakarasika, 2 sevasungwa vehondo uye 28 vakakuvara kusvika 18 Mbudzi. Yakagara muEast Prussia ichizorora nokuzadzazve kusvikira 21 January 1942. Kubva 22 Chikumi kusvika 15 Mbudzi KG 54 yakarasikirwa ne 122 vakaurayiwa, 108 vakashaika, vasere vakabatwa, 88 vakakuvara, 39 ndege dzakaparadzwa uye 35 dzakakanganiswa mune zvinopfuura zviuru zvina zvekubuda. 