Commander-in-chief of "Luftflotte" 4, Alexander Löhr, ordered KG 55 into action and the wing bombed railway targets in support of the German Fourth Army. The attacks were made in a 10–30 degree dive from altitudes of 2,000 metres (6,500 ft). The operations were so successful it reduced the number of targets and the bombers reverted to close air support operations. The rail lines on the Radom–Krakow line were permanently severed. KG 55 flew 13 operations and 275 individual sorties; the "Stabsstaffel" flew 13 armed reconnaissance missions.