Air reconnaissance over the Gulf of Finland remained essential to determining the wherabouts of the Soviet Fleet, but lack of fuel and Soviet air superiority impeded the fulfillment of this vital mission.

The Navy had to continue to rely upon its own vessels for scouting, because the air force did not fly a single reconnaissance mission in the months of November 1944 and January 1945....

Hitler. Dönitz and the Baltic Sea by Howard Grier

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