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June 28, 1941 – End of 1st week of Operation Barbarossa, German Luftwaffe has destroyed 4,017 Soviet aircraft in exchange for 150 of its own
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Many of them on the ground, though the toll in pilots was also brutal.
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They must have felt quite cocky at that point. Just goes to show that over-confidence is a danger when the data appears to favour you.
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But worse, the Germans were defeated by 1943 and used the remaining years to vent their spleens on friend and enemy.
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Very happy to see you still posing General Yeager.
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Posing or posting?
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Many of the Soviet aircraft were very outdated and also many destroyed on their airfield
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Brutal...
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Staggering numbers.
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How close to supersonic did the Korean MiG-15 go?
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