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Re: Battle for Kiev 1941: VVS order of battle
It was VVS KOVO/Southwestern Front. Initially, the DBA’s 2 BAK and 4 BAK also supported the operations in this area. Including 14 TBAP with TB-3s. Add the PVO’s 36 IAD, which joined the battle in the skies immediately above Kiev.
Indeed the Germans enjoyed a considerable numerical superiority at one stage, however, with the bulk of the aircraft in the Southwestern Direction concentrated to VVS Southwestern Front in late August 1941, the latter could muster 493 bombers, 473 fighters, and 20 reconnaissance aircraft on 30 August 1941. By the same time, Luftflotte 4 was down at a strength of 320 bombers, around 100 serviceable fighters, and 35 reconnaissance aircraft.
The Bryansk Front, which was formed only in August 1941, operated to the north of the Southwestern Front, and thus to the north and northeast of Kiev.
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