Luthier is right.
From late July to November 1940, when H.-Günther von Maltzahn replaced H.-Jürgen von Cramon-Taubadel as Geschwader Kommodore, the Pikas emblem of JG 53 was replaced by a red band painted across the cowling on most (if not all) of their Emils.
More infos and many photographs and fine color profiles in "Luftwaffe Gallery n°1" by Erik Mombeeck.
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