despite shortages of aviation fuel and ordnance, the luftwaffe had played a significant part in the success of the german operations. from 13 june, up until 17 june, it flew 3,899 sorties and dropped 3,086 tons of bombs. this average of 780 sorties per day was only a slight drop from the opening 11 days. massed sorties were made on the city of sevastopol itself. bombing targeted hangars, port facilities, flak and artillery batteries, barracks, supply depots with high explosive bombs. most of the city was engulfed in flames. the smoke rose to 1,500 meters and stretched as far as feodosiya, 150 kilometers away.