Edgar Petersen

Edgar Petersen was a German Luftwaffe bomber pilot and recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Petersen was instrumental in converting the FockeWulf Fw 200 into what Winston Churchill called the Scourge of the Atlantic during the Battle of the Atlantic. He also served in the position of Kommandeur der Erprobungstellen as an Oberst later in the war, in which capacity from September 1942 onwards became centrally involved with the further development work required for the Luftwaffes only operational heavy bomber, the Heinkel He 177A, to make it combat ready, mostly focusing on the fireprone DB 606 and DB 610 powerplants used for powering the He 177As airframe. In September 1942 Reichsmarschall Hermann Gring had rescinded the 1937imposed mandate for the He 177A to perform moderateangle dive bombing missions. From the time of his appoint

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