During Operation Barabarossa the Red Air Force has heavy losses and achieved little success. Therefore, various pilots move on to ram attacks. Sergeant Chumbarev rams on one day a reconnaissance plane Fw 189 and a bomber Do 215 and manages it back to base with damaged propeller.Diary for Sunday, July 6, 1941:
Neutrals
Ecuador and Peru: Border War. Peru ousts Ecuadorian forces from two disputed areas and recaptures Matapalo Island (occupied by Ecuador in 1938); Peruvian aircraft and paratroops in action. US, Argentinian and Brazilian mediators arrange cease-fire, July 26.