Despite Loerzer's Corps claiming 487 Soviet aircraft destroyed in the air and 1, 211 on the ground between 22 June and 13 July, aerial resistance was clearly mounting.
12.
After 9 June, French aerial resistance virtually ceased; some surviving aircraft withdrew to French North Africa . " Luftwaffe " attacks concentrated on the direct and indirect support of the German Army.
13.
After the two large dogfights on 24 and 26 September, German aerial resistance was negligible and the squadron began flying patrols carrying bombs and with orders to shoot up enemy targets on the ground with machine guns.
14.
In the next two days, the Soviets reported the loss of another 1, 922 aircraft . Soviet aerial resistance continued but ceased to be effective and the Luftwaffe maintained air superiority until the end of the year.
15.
On 19 March she sailed for the Ryukyus with task unit TU 52.5 . 3 and, from 25 March to 18 April, she swept and patrolled in assigned areas around Okinawa despite heavy Japanese coastal and aerial resistance.
