 From 16 to 25 September, it carried out 9,746 sorties (975 per day).On 14 October it launched 1,250 sorties against Soviet positions west and east of the Volga and Soviet traffic along the river.That same day, its three Stuka "Geschwader" mounted 320 sorties against the Soviet positions on the west bank, dropping 540 tons of bombs on them.