21 Feb 1945
    F/Lt Drybanski relation:
The Squadron’s mission that day was a Rodeo, deep in German territory, all the way to Saltzwedel. My instructions was to look out for trains which might be carrying fuel for V-2 rockets. We took off in twelve aircraft. As we approach the area of operation, even from a far distance, I saw a railroad station busy with three cargo trains. There was about 50 freight cars, including several tank cars. I concentrated on the latter. The first step was to “release the steam”, destroy the locomotives. I did that with my section, while the rest covered us above. After the first pass all locomotives released their steam, those two that we attacked and the other unharmed pair. That was their trick to simulate being damaged. I didn’t go for that, and during next passes we destroyed them. Now the real fun started. Our attacks were consolidated, with few aircraft strafing all at once. The ammunition boxes started to go off. One of the tank cars went up in a huge explosion, which might have containing a special fuel. We did not stop. The next huge explosion disintegrated one of our Mustangs which was directly over it, and seriously damaged another. Sgt Zych was killed, while P/O Sosnowski did not made it back home. He force landed and was taken prisoner. Did not return also P/O Dyrmont-Jussewicz. Nobody knew what happened to him; he didn’t report anything on the radio. During all that stir that was going on around, it was easy to miss something. The target was destroyed and mission accomplished. On our way back home, F/O Cholajda spotted and shot down Storch, a German liaison plane. The whole sortie was widely reported in British press, which disclosed our Squadron’s number and name. I think it really was a V-2 fuel train, because after that I mentioned in a Dispatch for distinguish service.

F/Lt Drybanski.