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editMy father told me this story in 1993 - six years before he died. His code-name was Marlarz (Painter) and he said he found the V2 Rocket on the Bug River. He took it to his brother's flat and then helped to smuggle it to a landing strip disguised as a person on a tandem bicycle. He had a background in theatre so had some skills in pulling off such a daring escapade convincingly. He also had the personal bravado to do such a thing.
His name was Wladyslaw Dutkiewicz and he was a partisan in the Salamander Brigade at the end of the war. He was captured by the Nazis and imprisoned - but the camp was relocated a few times ahead of the Soviet advance. He eventually escaped at Reisen-Gibirgen with his brother, Ludwik, Wladyslaw Jakubenko and one other man who died after being hit by artillery, and found his way to Prague then Allied Germany and was ensconced at camp leader at a Polish DP camp in Hohenfels later in 1945. He migrated to Australia in 1949 and had a successful career as an artist in Adelaide.
In the photograph of the finding of the V2 Rocket he appears to be the person at the rear of the boat. The best account of this story I have since found is in Patrick Howarth, Undercover: The men and women of the Special Operations Executive (London: Arrow, 1990) 61-62. Chmielewski’s brother, known to me as Alex Cmielewski, also a member of the Brigade, settled in Adelaide as well.
B-class review
editThis article is currently at start/C class, but could be improved to B-class if it had more (inline) citations. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 21:14, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Peenemünde
editThe article states:
Trager provided the AK with more detailed information regarding the "flying torpedoes" and pinpointed Peenemünde on Usedom as the site of the tests. The information obtained led to the first report from the AK to the British which was purportedly written by Jerzy Chmielewski, "Rafal", who was in charge of processing economic reports the "Lombard" group obtained.
The Luxembourg Resistance had in fact reported on Peenemünde in June 1943 (cf here). —Brigade Piron (talk) 09:26, 10 December 2020 (UTC)