 The 71st, alongside the 173rd Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 56th Fighter Aviation Division and later the 10th Air Defense Corps, carried out the aerial blockade during the Siege of Breslau.In March the 71st was transferred to the 6th Army, but in April was directly subordinated to the front again.It fought in the Berlin Offensive from 24 April, receiving the Berlin honorific for its actions in the offensive.