Even in the opening days of the war there were instances when the
Soviet air force conducted costly attacks on the advancing German
spearhead. Gustav Schrodek, who served in the 11th Panzer Division,
recalled the intensity of Soviet aerial attacks on 28 June:
The rain stopped at daybreak, and the Soviet airplanes
again emerged immediately afterwards, falling upon
column after column of . . . units from 11th PD. . .
Unfortunately, further personnel loses could not be
avoided. It can not be denied that the Soviet opponent, here
at least, had the absolute air supremacy . . .Never in its
history did the 15th Panzer Regiment experience so many
air attacks as here, in and around Ostrog.
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