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Cranston Fine Arts  Aviation Art World War Two Veteran Signatures Germany L to P  Petermann, Viktor |
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. |
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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