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1822:"The attacks in the early morning of 22 June were directed primarily against thirty-one airfields and against the supposed quarters of senior staffs, barracks, artillery positions, bunkers, and oil-storage facilities. Initially Soviet fighters showed little desire to engage in combat and turned away at considerable range if fire was opened. Soviet anti-aircraft fire was initially weak. Оn the morning of 22 June the Soviets lost а total of 890 aircraft, 222 of them in aerial combat or to anti-aircraft fire and 668 on the ground. The Luftwaffe, on the other hand, lost only 18 aircraft. Ву midnight оп 22 June, Soviet losses had risen to а total of 1,811 aircraft, with 1,489 destroyed оn the ground and 322 destroyed mostly in the air. German losses rose to 35 aircraft. During the first days of the attack aerial reconnaissance discovered many previously unknown airfields with а large number of aircraft, which necessitated continued massed attacks by the Luftwaffe against Soviet air-force units during the following days. Between 23 and 26 June а total of 123 airfields were attacked. Ву the end of June some 330 German aircraft had been lost, against а total of 4,614 Soviet aircraft reported destroyed, 1,438 in the air and 3,176 оn the ground. Ву the end of the fighting in the frontier area on 12 July, the figures had risen to 6,857 Soviet aircraft destroyed against 550 total losses on the German side." 1561: 1491:. The airfield based the 74th Attack Aviation Regiment, which lost 47 I-15s, 5 I-153s and 8 IL-2 aircraft on 22 June. Slightly later, KG 54 attacked airfields in the area, and its 80 Ju 88s destroyed 100 Soviet aircraft. However, the Luftwaffe and its allies were far from alone in the skies. The VVS flew 6,000 sorties (in comparison to the Germans' 2,272 sorties) and VVS ZOVO put 1,900 aircraft into the air. They put up bitter resistance in the air, scoring a few successes. Such was the intensity and determination of the Soviet pilots they disregarded their losses and fought with a resolve which surprised German airmen. In several cases Soviet pilots rammed German machines, using the tactic of 1526:, order the long-range aviation into action. The 96 Long-Range Aviation Regiment of 3rd Bomber Aviation Corps put 70 DB-3s into the air but lost 22 with many others returning damaged. The German fighter pilots had it very easy under these circumstances, attacking unescorted bombers in a target-rich environment. JG 53 claimed 74 air victories for two losses. III./JG 53 claimed 36 air victories alone and 28 on the ground. JG 51 was credited with 12 fighters and 57 bombers. JG 54 accounted for 45 air victories and 35 on the ground for one Bf 109 damaged. The Bf 110s of SKG 210 accounted for 334 Soviet aircraft against 14 airfields. It lost seven Bf 110s destroyed or damaged. 189: 180: 171: 162: 151: 140: 105: 301: 289: 278: 267: 256: 245: 234: 223: 212: 201: 119: 1514:, stunned by the initial assault, took several hours to realize the disastrous situation and to respond. They ordered every available VVS bomber into the air. Without coordination and fighter escort, they suffered catastrophic losses, and flew, quite literally, to the "last man". The Germans assessed the bravery of Soviet bomber crews as unequalled in this regard. In the event, the VVS' bombers kept coming, and on several occasions the Bf 109s wiped out entire formations. Only 10 hours after the first Axis attacks, at 13:40, did the commander of the Red Army Air Force (VVS KA - 1801:
aircraft discovered at airfields and landing sites. A detailed study of the vehicles captured by the Germans and published photographs showed that not all Soviet fighters, bombers, and attack aircraft were seriously damaged as a result of air raids. Often planes were blown up and burned not by German bombs, but by their own crews during the retreat due to the inability to evacuate equipment in the chaos of the retreat. During the first day of war, according to very incomplete Soviet archival data reliable Soviet losses amounted to at least 2,000 combat aircraft.
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were more significant. In some cases Luftwaffe losses, relevant to their strength were "shocking"; KG 51 lost 15 Ju 88s in one action. KG 55 lost 10 He 111s over the airfields. In contrast other bombers units suffered lightly. KG 27 claimed 40 Soviet aircraft on the ground, for no loss. Total Luftwaffe losses amounted to 55 combat aircraft on 22 June; 14 Bf 109s, 6 Bf 110s, 11 He 111s, two Ju 87s, 21 Ju 87s, one Do 17 and 6 miscellaneous types. The
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location of Soviet alternate airfields, as well as field sites near the border. Therefore, those Soviet units that were able to relocate on 22 June suffered no less than the rest. Soviet pilots were taught: who could be higher the enemy - he dominates the battle. In real life, German aviation operated at low, and sometimes extremely low, altitudes. Under these conditions, Soviet fighter pilots First of all, those who piloted the new
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all, the Germans turned out to be very persistent in achieving their goals. Thus, for the Soviet 10th mixed aviation division, the first strike took by surprise only the 74th assault aviation regiment of Major B.Vasilyev. The 123rd Fighter Aviation Regiment suffered the main losses during the fifth raid, and the 33rd Fighter Aviation Regiment suffered the main losses during the fourth. In the latter case, nine German
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109 training aircraft were destroyed. The Long-Range Aviation and naval air forces reported the loss of 336 aircraft. Entire units were nearly wiped out. The 9th Mixed Aviation Division lost 347 out of 409 aircraft including the majority of the 57 MiG 3 and 52 I-16s of its 129th Fighter Aviation Regiment. The division's commander,
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A very significant factor that influenced the sharp decline in the combat effectiveness of the Soviet Air Force was the loss of control in most Air Force units - aviation divisions, regiments. Things were especially bad on the Soviet Western Front, where the front air force headquarters was virtually
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In all, two waves of Axis attacks struck. In the morning, the first wave destroyed 1,800 aircraft for two losses, while the second wave lost 33 Axis machines but destroyed 700 Soviet aircraft. The Soviet official history of the VVS only admits to "around" 1,200 losses. In the air battles, Axis losses
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hardship were waiting for them there. In general, in the East, where there was a ‘war to the death’, the pilots had no guarantee that they would survive! Therefore, once in enemy territory, they first fled the landing site and hid, and then tried to get to the front line and reach their own troops".
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until the end of the war, but they were sure that they would survive. The same thing happened to the British and Americans when they were shot down over the Third Reich. However, on the Eastern Front everything was different. Red propaganda sought to inspire in soldiers ‘devotion to the Motherland’,
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There was no general plan for withdrawing Soviet air units from German attack. Under these conditions, not all commanders made decisions appropriate to the current situation and tried to maneuver their forces. But failure awaited them too, since it turned out that the Luftwaffe was well aware of the
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had attained air superiority, if not supremacy at this point. The low German opinion of Soviet combat capabilities had been confirmed, and was bolstered by information provided by captured VVS personnel. The Soviet bomber fleet had been crippled; its remaining forces continued costly attacks on the
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At a meeting of senior command staff dedicated to the use of branches of the Armed Forces in the upcoming war, which took place six months before the Nazi invasion, where sometimes the most contradictory opinions were expressed. The speakers presented different, sometimes directly opposing views on
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soon overran, counted over 2,000 wrecks. Soviet sources confirm these totals. The VVS Baltic District lost 56 aircraft on 11 airfields. VVS ZOVO lost 738 of its 1,789 aircraft on 26 airfields. The VVS Kiev District had 23 of its airfields bombed it lost 192 aircraft, 97 on the ground. In addition,
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No less problems arose when solving those of staffing. Bureaucracy, inertia, the desire primarily for quantitative indicators seriously harmed the strengthening of the air power of the Soviet Union. Excessive ideologization and great attention to the "class" factor when recruiting the Red Army Air
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against the Luftwaffe, against Empire of Japan in 1939, and Finland in 1939/1940, many understood that war could not be avoided and expected a German attack. What was unexpected for all of them was the nature of the air war that the Luftwaffe imposed on Soviets from the very first hours. First of
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lagged behind, and the production of much-needed aluminum did not meet the needs of industry. Therefore, most Soviet aircraft had a mixed design with an extensive use of wood. The radio industry had failed to provide aircraft with reliable and compact radios and other necessary equipment, such as
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on Soviet airfields was thwarted: the clear and coordinated activity of all Soviet air defense services, especially air surveillance posts, made it possible to timely launch fighters into the air, and the “Stalinist falcons” completely defeated the German pilots and forced them to retreat. A book
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The Germans won a convincing victory, demonstrated superiority in tactics, the skills of pilots and, having destroyed significant forces of outnumbered Soviet air forces, gained air supremacy. The defeat was seen as forcing the Soviets to request replacement lost aircraft from the western powers,
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According to German reports, 1,811 Soviet aircraft were destroyed on the ground and in the air on 22 June, another 755 on 23 June, and total 2,546 in just two days of war. Soviet official losses give (even despite the obvious incompleteness of the data due to the loss of documents during a hasty
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PoW in German camps was also very high. So for Russian pilots being captured was often worse than death. Often German aircrew who had bailed out or made an emergency landing were immediately killed by local residents or angry Red Army soldiers. If the pilots made it to a prison camp, horrors and
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The tactics of German aviation consisted of alternating raids on airfields by fighters and bombers in small and medium groups, depending on Soviet opposition. And since many airfields did not have any air defense systems at all, and others had one or two anti-aircraft machine guns, there were no
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Even at the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, significant Luftwaffe forces remained in the West. In total, the West had about 33% of all available combat aircraft (including in the Mediterranean theater). This force consisted of 31% of all single-engine fighters, 27% of twin-engine fighters and
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Air Force) were completely destroyed on the first day of the war. From this came the now well-known figure of 1,200 lost Soviet aircraft. German reports claim that 322 Soviet aircraft were shot down in the air and 1,489 destroyed on the ground. The last figure was obtained by counting captured
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The German-Soviet battle on 22 June has no equal in military history. The Luftwaffe launched an offensive against the Soviets, who had been warned and were preparing to repel a German attack. Although the Germans were inferior to the Soviets by more than 5 times in the number of single-engine
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At the end of the 1930s, everything was still noticeably behind the Soviet engine building from Western standards. Many Soviet aircraft manufacturing enterprises used outdated technology, the work was slowed down by a low-power experimental production base, poor technical equipment of Soviet
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aerodrome the 39th Mixed Bomber Aviation Regiment of 10th Mixed Aviation Division lost 43 SBs and five Pe-2s on the ground after attacks by KG 3, which lost one bomber. Further to the west, the 33rd Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 10th Mixed Aviation Division lost 46 I-53 and I-16s to
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retreat) an even higher figure - 2,949. Thus, the Luftwaffe underestimated the number of destroyed Soviet aircraft. Another Western (non-German) source states that German losses amounted to 78 combat aircraft on June 22-24 against 3,922 completely destroyed Soviet aircraft.
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Based on Soviet reports received from the frontier areas on 22 June (obviously, extremely incomplete due to the chaos, confusion and hasty retreat of the Soviet troops), Red Army Air Force headquarters concluded that at least 1,136 Soviet combat aircraft (including 10 from
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overcame the problem by hand picking experienced crews, who would cross the border at high altitude, to swoop on their targets. The Germans deliberately targeted Soviet fighter air bases first, to knock out potential opposition to its bombers and dive bombers.
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Independent analysis by Western (but non-German) researchers demonstrates that the German aces were very accurate in estimating the number of destroyed Soviet aircraft. Unlike the Germans, Soviet pilots exaggerated their victories by at least 4 times.
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basic shelters for flight and technical personnel, the planes were crowded everywhere and were not camouflaged, the Luftwaffe acted very effectively and almost with impunity. The airfield of the Soviet 122nd Fighter Aviation Regiment near
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will wage the war offensively with the goal of destroying the enemy and achieving victory with little bloodshed,” contributed to the emergence of boastfulness, arrogance, and clearly overestimated the capabilities of Soviet aviation".
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often could not cope with the machines. German reports indicated that often MiG-3 pilots, fighting at low altitude, could not cope with piloting, went into a tailspin and crashed. The main burden of air battles fell on the veterans:
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The Soviet Air Force in World War II : the official history / published by the Ministry of Defense of the USSR ; translated by Leland Fetzer ; edited by Ray Wagner,Newton Abbot : David and Charles, 1974, p.
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Boog, Horst with Jürgen Förster, Joachim Hoffman, Ernst Klink, Rolf-Dieter Müller, and Gerd R. Ueberschär, Ewald Osers. Germany and the Second World War Volume IV: The Attack on the Soviet Union, Clarendon Press, 1998, p.
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managed to deceive the vigilance of air target detection posts, sneaking up at an extremely low altitude, and burned 21 I-16s and 5 I-153s in a 40-minute attack. The regiment was defeated in less than an hour.
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According to the well-known authors of several dozen books about the air war on the Eastern Front: "For Russian and German pilots the most terrible fate was to be captured. When a plane was shot down over the
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inactive during the first three days of the war. Many air regiment commanders assigned their subordinates tasks to conduct combat operations without coordination with higher headquarters.
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The first attacks began at 03:00 on 22 June. The Soviets, caught by surprise, had their aircraft bunched together in neat rows which were vulnerable. The results proved devastating. At
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proposal. Hitler gave the order for the air strikes on airfields to be carried out at dawn. Although many new German bomber crews had only limited training in instrument-flying, the
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met us almost at the border "- that's what says chief of staff of the German air fleet at the Soviet military novel "The First Strike (The Tale of a Future War)". Published in the
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Bergström, Christer and Mikhailov, Andrey. Black Cross Red Star: The Air War Over the Eastern Front Volume 1: Operation Barbarossa, 1941. Pacific Military History, 2000, pp. 22-24
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Soviet aircraft from the 15th Fighter Regiment of the 8th Mixed Air Division, destroyed by Luftwaffe strikes, abandoned in the southern part of the Kaunas airfield, 22 June 1941.
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and getting captured was considered shameful and a betrayal. By order of Stalin, the families of those who were captured were repressed and deprived of food. The mortality rate
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Statiev, Alexander. 'Antonescu's Eagles against Stalin's Falcons: The Romanian Air Force, 1920-1941', in The Journal of Military History, Volume 66, No. 4 (Oct. 2002), p. 1097.
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Bergström, Christer and Mikhailov, Andrey. Black Cross Red Star: The Air War Over the Eastern Front Volume 1: Operation Barbarossa, 1941. Pacific Military History, 2000, p. 1
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Stahel, David (2009). Operation Barbarossa and Germany's Defeat in the East. Cambridge Military Histories (reprint ed.). Cambridge University Press (published 2012). p. 301
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scientific institutes. The USSR had to purchase from Western countries, especially the USA and master the release of some licensed components and aviation materials.
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the optimal structure of the Air Force, the degree of centralization of control, the effectiveness of raids on enemy airfields, etc. This caused alarm among the
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James J. Schneider, The Structure of Strategic Revolution: Total War and the Roots of the Soviet Warfare State. (Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1994), pp. 1–5
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At the end of the day, German reports claimed 1,489 Soviet aircraft destroyed on the ground alone. At first, these statistics seemed barely credible. Even
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German rear. The VVS recovered once surprise had worn off. The autumn weather also provided the Soviets with breathing space to partially rebuild.
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Nigel Askey, Operation Barbarossa: the Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation, Volume IIA, 2013, p. 259
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A significant part of the Soviet pilots had rich combat experience due to the Soviet Air Force having recently experienced соmbаt over
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Force (80–90% of future pilots were recruited from workers or peasants) also had a negative impact on the overall combat readiness.
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fighters, due to better tactics and pilots they were able to seize air superiority and inflict heavy losses on Soviet Air Forces.
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Commenting on the German losses on 22 June, the German historian J. Prien writes that such losses were not the highest for the
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written in the spirit of Stalinist slogans “The Red Army will respond with a triple blow to the blow of the warmongers” or “
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refused to believe the figures and had them secretly checked. In fact, German officers checking the airfields which the
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fighter-bombers, 100% of night fighters, 20% of dive bombers, 37% of twin-engine bombers, 100% of four-engine bombers.
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As of 21 June, the Luftwaffe had a total of 4,948 combat aircraft on all fronts. These included 1,454 single-engine
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was subjected to four raids by German bombers (in one case, fighter-bombers operated) without any fighter escort.
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Hardesty, Von (2012). Red Phoenix Rising: The Soviet Air Force in World War II. University Press of Kansas, p. 9
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Hardesty, Von (2012). Red Phoenix Rising: The Soviet Air Force in World War II. University Press of Kansas, p. 9
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Kirchubel, Robert (2013). Operation Barbarossa: The German Invasion of Soviet Russia, Osprey Publishing, p. 13
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Soviet R-5 and I-15bis biplanes destroyed by Luftwaffe assault strikes at the Kaunas military airfield (USSR)
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Leach, Barry. German strategy against Russia 1939–1941. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1973, pp. 99, 129-130.
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decided that that might give the opportunity for the Soviets to disperse their air units, and rejected
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1941 год – опыт планирования и применения Военно-воздушных сил, уроки и выводы. М., 1989. p. 14
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Hooton, E.R. Eagle in Flames: The Fall of the Luftwaffe. Weidenfeld Military, 1997, p. 95.
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The Soviets were confident that in the event of war with Germany they would win an easy
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Prien J. Einsatz des Jagdgeschwader 77 von 1939 bis 1945. Hamburg, 1993. p. 641
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Christopher Shores, Luftwaffe fighter units Russia 1941-45, Osprey, 1978. P. 5
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Soviet damaged I-16 fighters captured by the Germans at Riga airfield (USSR)
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Dmitry Degtev, Dmitry Zubov, Air battle for Moscow, 1941–1942, 2021, p. 23
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Differences between the air war on the Eastern Front and the Western Front
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Completely destroyed combat aircraft at air and on ground 22.06-31.12.41
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Comparison of the reliability of Soviet/German claims of aerial victories
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The balance of power in the air was altered for the next few months. The
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was shot for the failure. Only the VVS Odessa, under the command of
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The Journal of Slavic Military Studies, 2019, Vol. 32, № 2, p. 292
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The many times superior forces of Soviet aviation were defeated
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access to Soviet archives is closed to Western researchers
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the Luftwaffe inflicted carnage on the Soviet air force".
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and fighter-bombers, 196 twin-engine fighter-bombers, 422
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Completely destroyed combat aircraft at air 22 June 1941
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Among the experienced Soviet pilots who fought during
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Index

Eastern Front
World War II

Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Germany
Soviet Union
Pavel Zhigarev
Soviet Union
Aleksandr Novikov
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Fyodor Polynin
Nazi Germany
Hermann Göring
Nazi Germany
Hans Jeschonnek
Nazi Germany
Albert Kesselring
Nazi Germany
Alexander Löhr
Nazi Germany
Alfred Keller
Nazi Germany
Hans-Jürgen Stumpff
Nazi Germany
W. von Richthofen
Nazi Germany

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