Conflict: the aerial warfare during Operation Barbarossa
Commanders (A): Pavel Zhigarev, Aleksandr Novikov, Fyodor Michugin, Aleksey Ionov, Boris Pogrebov
Commanders (B): Hermann Göring, Hans Jeschonnek, Albert Kesselring, Alexander Löhr, Alfred Keller
Casualties: approx. 22 June: >2,000 combat aircraft
22–24 June
Official Soviet data:
3,922 combat aircraft
Independent researchers' estimates:
unavailable22 June
Official German combat losses:
35 aircraft
Independent researchers' estimates:
55 or 57 aircraft
22–24 June
Official German data:
78 aircraft