<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngemuva kokuqubuka kwe-Operation Barbarossa ngoJuni 1941, uPolynin wakhonza njengomlawuli we-13th Bomber Aviation Division eNtshonalanga. Ezimweni ezinzima kakhulu zezinyanga zokuqala zempi, ngaphandle kwesembozo esifanele sezindiza, iyunithi lakhe lalwa ngenkuthalo namabutho aseJalimane ahamba phambili eMpini yaseBiałystok Minsk naseSmolensk, ngenkathi belahlekelwa kakhulu. Kusukela ngo-Agasti 1941, waqokwa njengomkhuzi wamayunithi e-Air Force eBryansk Front, lapho abamba iqhaza khona eRoslavlNovozybkov Offensive kanye neMpi yaseMoscow. NgoMeyi ka-1942, waqokwa njengoSekela Komkhuzi Wempi Yezindiza yesi-2 eBryansk Front, futhi kusukela ngoSepthemba ka-1942, wabelwa njengoSekela Komkhuzi Wempi Yezindiza yesi-6 eNorthwestern Front kwathi ngo-1943, waqokwa njengomkhuzi Wempi Yezindiza yesi-6. NgoFebhuwari 1944, iyunithi yabelwe i-2nd Belorussian Front futhi yabamba iqhaza ezimpini zaseDemyansk, Starorusskaya, Nevel  <response>: , Polesskaya, futhi Operation Bagration. 