 II./KG 54, the only unit of the "Geschwader" to operate on the front after Barbarossa.From Königsberg, the group transferred to Orsha, to support "Fliegerkorps" VIII in Army Group Centre's sector.On 24 January it attacked the Soviet 39th Army at Mologino in the Battles of Rzhev until late March 1942, interdicting rail traffic in the Kalinin and Toropets sectors.