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Leutnant Viktor Petermann
Joining III./JG-52, Viktor Petermann flew in Russia as an Oberfeldwebel and became skilled in low-level attacks, sinking a gun boat and 50 troop ferries. On one of these missions, after being hit by ground fire, his left arm was amputated and he was hospitalized for a long period. After his recovery he was sent back into combat in 1945 with II./JG-52, with an artificial arm, and scored another 4 victories! He finished the war with JG-7, and a total of 64 victories. Viktor Petermann was awarded the Knights Cross. He died 19th May 2001.
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Jet Hunters by Robert Taylor. On 10th April 1945, thirteen hundred bombers of the Mighty Eighth set out to destroy the last of the Luftwaffe's jet force. But, unknown to the bomber crews and their fighter escort, the enemy jets were already airborne and waiting to spring their deadly trap. As the war in mainland Europe entered its final, bloody phase, the German Armies defending Berlin fought on with a savage determination, slowly disintegrating before the mighty weapon of war unleashed against them. What remained of the Luftwaffe was mercilessly pounded from the air, their airfields hammered relentlessly. Aircraft, fuel, spare parts, ammunition and pilots all in short supply but still they fought on, with deadly effect. At the forefront of the German offensive and pivotal during the defence of the Reich, were the highly advanced jet fighters of the Luftwaffe, and in particular the legendary Me262. B17s of the First Air Division with streaming contrails in the cold clear air as they turn for home. Several Me262s have already torn through the massed formation, but a P-51 from the escorting 356th Fighter Group has quickly spotted his target and presses home his attack. The hunter becomes the hunted as the Mustang pilot, Wayne Gatlin, skillfully positions himself behind the Me262 ready for the kill. Throughout the final stages of the war there were many examples of the determination and skill of Allied pilots flying slower piston-engined fighters triumphing over the cream of the Luftwaffe in their highly advanced but often temperamental jet fighters. |
Birth of a Legend by Robert Taylor. On November 5, 1942, flying wingman in a Schwarm of four Me109s of JG-52, his flight had scrambled to intercept Russian Lagg-3s and IL-2 fighter-bombers bound for the Front. Splitting into two elements they dived steeply into attack, screaming in behind and below the enemy aircraft a few hundred feet off the deck. Selecting on of the IL-2s, the rookie pilot closed at high speed, commencing firing with 20mm cannon from about two hundred feet. His first pass was unsuccessful but, undeterred, Hartmann zoomed up and dived over for a second run at the Russian machine. Holding his fire till the IL-2 filled his gun-sight, he drilled cannon shells into the oil-cooling system setting the enemy aircraft on fire. Closing rapidly from behind, Hartmanns Me109 was showered with debris from the doomed Russian plane, causing an explosion in the young pilots own aircraft, which immediately caught fire. Now at very low altitude, Hartmann had no alternative but to belly in. With great presence of mind he cut power, fuel and ignition switches as he crash-landed at high speed in a massive cloud of dirt and dust. Though he lost his aircraft, Hartmann had made his first kill, the IL-2 crashing with a resounding explosion a few miles distant. Unhurt, the young future Ace was picked up and returned to base almost immediately by a German car. And thus a legend was born: It was the first of 352 air victories that would make Hartmann the top scoring fighter pilot in history. Birth of a Legend, set in the picturesque Caucasus mountain region bathed in the golden hues of autumn, captures for posterity the dramatic moments that launched the career of a fighter pilot legend. |
Combat over the Reich by Robert Taylor. Approaching their target at the oil refinery at Zwickau, 60 mikes southwest of Dresden, the 452nd Bomb Groups B-17 Flying Fortresses were bounced by 28 ME-262 jets from JG-7. Screaming in from the six oclock position, the jet pilots singled out the 3rd Division just as they began their bombing run. The crew of one B-17 desperately defend their bomber against the determined, high-speed attack by the ME-262 interceptors. Closing at almost three times the speed of their targets, each ME-262 pilot has just fractions of a second to find his mark. Each interception is over in the blink of an eye. |
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JG52 Country : Germany | JG52 The most successful Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II, with a claim total of more than 10,000 victories over enemy aircraft. It was home to the top three scoring Experten of the Luftwaffe, Erich Hartmann, Gerhard Barkhorn and Günther Rall. The unit flew the various marks of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 exclusively through the war. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
JG7 Country : Germany | JG7 Nowotny was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II and the first operational jet fighter wing in the world. It was created late in 1944 and served until the end of the war in May 1945, and it operated the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter exclusively. JG 7 was formed under the command of Oberst Johannes Steinhoff, with Kommando Nowotny (the initial Me 262 test wing ) renumbered III./JG 7. Under the command of Major Erich Hohagen III./JG 7 was the only element of JG 7 ready to operate against the Allies. Throughout its existence JG 7 suffered from an irregular supply of new aircraft, fuel and spares. With such a radically new aircraft, training accidents were also common, with 10 Me 262s being lost in six weeks. The technical troubles and material shortages meant initial tentative sorties were only in flight strength, usually no more than 4 or 6 aircraft. Flying from Brandenburg-Briest, Oranienburg and Parchim, the Geschwader flew intermittently against the huge USAAF bomber streams. By the end of February 1945 JG 7 had claimed around 45 four-engine bombers and 15 fighters, but at this stage of war this success rate had no affect whatsoever on the Allied air offensive. During March JG 7 finally began to deliver larger scale attacks against the heavy bomber streams. 3 March saw 29 sorties for 8 kills claimed (one jet was lost). On 18 March III./JG 7 finally managed their biggest attack numerically thus far, some 37 Me 262s engaging a force of 1,200 American bombers and 600 fighters. This action also marked the first use of the new R4M rockets. 12 bombers and 1 fighter were claimed for the loss of 3 Me 262s. The total numbers of aircraft shot down by JG 7 is difficult to quantify due to the loss of Luftwaffe records, but at least 136 aircraft were claimed, and research indicates as many as 420 Allied aircraft may have been claimed shot down. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Known Victory Claims - Viktor Petermann | |||||||
DATE | PILOT | UNIT | JG | CLAIMED | LOCATION | TIME | FRONT |
| 15/08/1942 | Uffz. Viktor Petermann | Stab | JG 52 | I-153 | 34 272: 400m | 6.45 | Eastern Front |
| 24/08/1942 | Uffz. Viktor Petermann | Stab | JG 52 | 54 194: 100m | 15.04 | Eastern Front | |
| 25/08/1942 | Uffz. Viktor Petermann | Stab | JG 52 | Boston | 44 274: 2000m | 15.2 | Eastern Front |
| 17/09/1942 | Uffz. Viktor Petermann | Stab | JG 52 | Su-2 | 54 331: 2000m | 14.27 | Eastern Front |
| 29/09/1942 | Uffz. Viktor Petermann | Stab | JG 52 | MiG-1 | 44 391: 2000m | 15.48 | Eastern Front |
| 04/10/1942 | Uffz. Viktor Petermann | Stab | JG 52 | LaGG-3 | 44 432: 3000m | 15.04 | Eastern Front |
| 11/02/1943 | Uffz. Viktor Petermann | 4 | JG 52 | I-16 Rata | 85 120: 500m | 11.4 | Eastern Front |
| 12/02/1943 | Uffz. Viktor Petermann | 4 | JG 52 | I-153 | 85 624: 400m | 14.38 | Eastern Front |
| 13/02/1943 | Uffz. Viktor Petermann | 4 | JG 52 | I-153 | 85 194: 400m | 11.37 | Eastern Front |
| 12/03/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 4 | JG 52 | R-5 | 85 152: tiefflug | 7.4 | Eastern Front |
| 19/03/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 4 | JG 52 | Jak-1 | 86 594: 500m | 9.3 | Eastern Front |
| 18/04/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 4 | JG 52 | Il-5 | 75 424: tiefflug | 16.2 | Eastern Front |
| 20/04/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | LaGG-3 | 75 425: 4000m | 15.53 | Eastern Front |
| 21/04/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | LaGG-3 | 75 461: 2000m | 7.1 | Eastern Front |
| 23/04/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | Jak-1 | 75 415: 3000m | 5.02 | Eastern Front |
| 23/04/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | Jak-1 | 75 43: 6000m | 5.08 | Eastern Front |
| 25/04/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | R-5 | 86 733: Bodennähne | 12.36 | Eastern Front |
| 25/04/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | R-5 | 86 732: Bodennähne | 12.39 | Eastern Front |
| 27/04/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | LaGG-3 | 85 144: 5000m | 17.05 | Eastern Front |
| 28/04/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | Jak-1 | 86 783: 4500m | 11.48 | Eastern Front |
| 29/04/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | LaGG-3 | 85 101: 3500m | 13.15 | Eastern Front |
| 30/04/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | Spitfire | 85 751: 400m | 16.39 | Eastern Front |
| 01/05/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | LaGG-3 | 85 172: 3800m | 8.52 | Eastern Front |
| 03/05/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | LaGG-3 | 85 161: 4100m | 6.07 | Eastern Front |
| 03/05/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | LaGG-3 | 85 181: 4200m | 6.34 | Eastern Front |
| 04/05/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | Jak-1 | 45 324: tiefflug | 14.58 | Eastern Front |
| 04/05/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | LaGG | 85 143: 3000m | 15.18 | Eastern Front |
| 05/05/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | Jak-1 | 95 261: 2000m | 9.22 | Eastern Front |
| 05/05/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | LaGG-3 | 85 184: 4000m | 13.32 | Eastern Front |
| 05/05/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | LaGG-3 | 76 893: 2000m | 17.32 | Eastern Front |
| 06/05/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | Jak-4 | 75 181: 2500m | 16.07 | Eastern Front |
| 08/05/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | Jak-1 | 85 171: 2200m | 17.38 | Eastern Front |
| 09/05/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | LaGG-3 | 85 141: 3000m | 18.22 | Eastern Front |
| 22/05/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | R-5 | 96 724: tiefflug | 6.15 | Eastern Front |
| 26/05/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | Jak-1 | 76 891: 5500m | 18.3 | Eastern Front |
| 27/05/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | Airacobra | 76 864: 6000m | 14.1 | Eastern Front |
| 28/05/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | Airacobra | 76 892: 4200m | 10.51 | Eastern Front |
| 28/05/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | Jak-1 | 75 232: 2600m | 13.21 | Eastern Front |
| 31/05/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | Jak-1 | 76 864: 3600m | 8 | Eastern Front |
| 31/05/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | Pe-2 | 86 771: 2500m | 14.07 | Eastern Front |
| 01/06/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | Jak-1 | 76 892: 3.200m | 18.18 | Eastern Front |
| 02/06/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | Airacobra | 76 993: 4200m | 10.45 | Eastern Front |
| 04/06/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | LaGG-3 | 75 491: 2200m | 18.17 | Eastern Front |
| 04/06/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | LaGG-3 | 75 452: 2500m | 18.25 | Eastern Front |
| 23/07/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | Il-5 | 76 894: 200m | 17.34 | Eastern Front |
| 26/07/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | Il-5 | 76 774: 300m | 6.18 | Eastern Front |
| 26/07/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | Il-5 | 75 151: tiefstflug | 6.25 | Eastern Front |
| 26/07/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | Il-5 | 75 262: 500m | 18.2 | Eastern Front |
| 31/07/1943 | Fw. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | Airacobra | 75 291: 4000m | 18.2 | Eastern Front |
| 07/09/1943 | Ltn. Viktor Petermann | 5 | JG 52 | Pe-2 | 50 242: 3500m | 17.12 | Eastern Front |
| 14/09/1943 | Ltn. Viktor Petermann | 6 | JG 52 | Jak-1 | 50 141: 3000m | 6.17 | Eastern Front |
| 25/09/1943 | Ltn. Viktor Petermann | 6 | JG 52 | Jak-1 | 11 744: 700m | 11.57 | Eastern Front |
| 25/09/1943 | Ltn. Viktor Petermann | 6 | JG 52 | Il-2mH. | 11 783: 1000m | 12.09 | Eastern Front |
| 25/09/1943 | Ltn. Viktor Petermann | 6 | JG 52 | Il-2mH. | 11 753: 1200m | 12.12 | Eastern Front |
| 25/09/1943 | Ltn. Viktor Petermann | 6 | JG 52 | Il-2mH. | 10 153: 1400m | 12.19 | Eastern Front |
| 26/09/1943 | Ltn. Viktor Petermann | 6 | JG 52 | Curtiss P-40 | 10 133: 2300m | 7.32 | Eastern Front |
| 16/01/1945 | Ofhr. Viktor Petermann | 10 | JG 52 | Jak-9 | - | 12.06 | Western Front |
| 11/02/1945 | Ofhr. Viktor Petermann | 10 | JG 52 | Jak-9 | - | 12.5 | Western Front |
| 16/03/1945 | Ofhr. Viktor Petermann | 10 | JG 52 | P-39 | Pl.Qu.71342: [NE Münsterberg] | 17.08 | Western Front |
| 22/03/1945 | Ofhr. Viktor Petermann | 10 | JG 52 | Jak-9 | W. Schadeburg | 15.46 | Western Front |
Known Claims : 60
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