Although German air defence over the Warsaw area itself was almost non-existent, except for elements of KG52, the highest-scoring fighter geschwader in the Luftwaffe, which claimed its 10, 000th kill of the war on a Soviet plane over the Warsaw suburb of Praga, about 12 % of the 296 planes taking part in the operations were lost.

Although German air defence over the Warsaw area itself was almost non-existent about 12 % of the 296 planes taking part in the operations were lost because they had to fly 1, 600 km out over heavily defended enemy territory and then back over the same route.

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