From an initial aerial victory over a Focke - Wulf Fw 190 on 5 April their tally rose dramatically and the squadron became the focus of Soviet propaganda , so much .
Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel decreed that any French pilot captured would be executed .
From an initial aerial victory over a Focke - Wulf Fw 190 on 5 April their tally rose dramatically and the squadron became the focus of Soviet propaganda , so much so that Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel decreed that any French pilot captured would be executed .