[HGabor]

Sorry, I missed: on March 8 and 9, 1945 many more planes were lost in combat with Yak-3s, but their number cannot be determined for sure. Different reports say different claims, mainly Fw 190s.

The reason for the unusually heavy battles(*) and Germany's last panzer-offensive during WWII in the Lake Balaton area in March, 1945 was the Zala oil-fields in SW-Hungary as the last main fuel source of the Axis.

The late snowfall and the foggy weather over the 17 VA airfields and op. area forced the VVS HQ. to use the 5 VA divisions to cover the ground forces of the 3rd Ukrainian Front in the Southern sectors.

Gabor

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(*) Approx. losses of the 17 VA eg. on March 14, 1945:

18 IL-2m3, IL-2KR
4 La-5FN
1 Yak-9D
2 Yak-1b
9 A-20 Boston (2 A-20B, 7 A-20G)