Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Luftwaffe" in English language version.
In the opening days of Barbarossa the Luftwaffe inflicted carnage on the Soviet air force [...]. One authority put the figure at 4,614 Soviet aircraft destroyed by the end of June, 3,176 of these being eliminated on the ground and 1,438 in the air. By comparison, German losses amounted to just 330 planes.
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In the opening days of Barbarossa the Luftwaffe inflicted carnage on the Soviet air force [...]. One authority put the figure at 4,614 Soviet aircraft destroyed by the end of June, 3,176 of these being eliminated on the ground and 1,438 in the air. By comparison, German losses amounted to just 330 planes.