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on 17 June. The unit used the whole airfield from there on. The unit flew some 2,700 missions and dropped 770 tons of bombs. It destroyed over 150 Soviet aircraft, about 200 tanks, and dozens of bridges and transport vessels. Personnel losses included 23 pilots killed and 24 wounded in battle. The
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