Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mushure meOperation Barbarossa, kupindirwa kweGermany kweSoviet Union, kwakatanga musi wa22 Chikumi 1941, Drozd akatungamira chikwata pamabasa ekuchera zvimbambaira muIrbe Strait neGulf yeFinland. Akatarisira kufamba kwechikepe kubva kuGulf yeRiga kuenda kuTallinn, uye akatungamira chikwata mukudzivirirwa kwenzvimbo huru yemauto echikepe pachiteshi chekupedzisira.
kubviswa kuenda kuKronstadt. Anozivikanwa nokuda kwe"utungamiri hwake hwakashinga" mumabasa aya neCentral Committee yeCommunist Party yeSoviet Union, Drozd akasimudzirwa kuva mutevedzeri wemukuru wemauto musi wa16 September uye akapiwa mutungamiri weBaltic Fleet Squadron. Pachinzvimbo ichi akatarisira kubviswa kwaOctober kweHanko Naval Base uye akatungamira squadron mukudzivirira kweLeningrad. Akapiwa Order yake yechipiri yeRed Banner muna 1942, Drozd akaongorora kugadziriswa kwezvikepe zvechikwata uye kudzidziswa kwevarwi vayo. Akaurayiwa musi wa29 Ndira 1943 apo motokari yake yakawira muchando pakati peKronstadt neLeningrad muGulf of Finland mushure mekunge gomba reGermany rapwanya chando. Akavigwa muCommunist Cemetery yeAlexander Nevsky Lavra muLeningrad.