Rybin, Y. Luftwaffe ace Walter Schuck researched / Christer Bergstrom, Yuriy Rybin. - Sweden : [s. l.], 2019. - 190 p. : ill.

WALTER SCHUCK FACTS 8 JOSEPH PETERBURS’S ADVENTURES IN GERMANY As 1/Lt Joseph Peterburs had hit Walter Schuck’s Me 262, he pursued the fleeing Jet fighter southward. Joe Peterburs continues the amazing story: “The jet headed for the deck with me in hot pursuit and Capt. Dick Tracy following close behind me. We chased the jet to an airfield. As I approached I could see the airfield was loaded with all types of German aircraft. I called Dick and said ‘Do you see what I see?’ He said ‘Yes - lets go!’ The Me 262 had entered a bank of low stratus clouds and we broke off the chase and started to strafe the airfield. Capt. Tracy was hit on his 2nd or 3rd pass (after destroying 4 enemy aircraft). He had to do a quick bail out at about 300 feet. He landed in a river near the airfield and was later captured. I remember that I lowered my seat as far as I could to get all the armour plate behind me and continued to attack the airfield by myself. I made about 5 or 6 passes and being the only one attacking the airfield all their guns were concentrated on me. I was hit by intense ground fire on each of my last three passes. I destroyed at least 5 aircraft including 1 Fw 190, 1 Ju 88, 2 Me 109s and a Fw 200. I also damaged several others and inflicted heavy damage on several hangars. Being the only one there and with my bird severely damaged I knew I had to bug out, and quickly. As I was deciding which direction to go I called the group commander (Col. Montgomery); told him of Tracy and my situation and gave him directions to the airfield; said I would head for friendly lines either east or west. After considering the alternatives I decided to head west toward us lines. As I was leaving the area I could see a swarm of P-51s headed toward the airfield to finish off what Tracy and I started. When I was about 15 miles from Magdeburg I saw an Fw 190 coming at me into my 3 O’Clock position firing his guns and rockets, fortunately he missed. By this time I had lost a lot of altitude. I was descending below 1,000 feet and was unable to keep my aircraft flying so I decided to bail out. After unstrapping myself and ditching the canopy I looked at the altimeter and it was passing through 500 feet. I thought, crap, this is two low to bail out so I grabbed the stick ready to belly it in. I then realised I was unstrapped and would kill myself bellying it so I went over the side at about 300 feet, (all this occurred in a matter of seconds). I remember thinking when I went over the side - crap, my Mum is going to get a telegram about this. I hit the tail of my aircraft with my right knee, pulled the rip cord, chute opened, I swung once and hit the ground. When I landed I noticed I had burns on my arms and legs. I had hurt my back and legs on impact but knew I had to get up and survey the situation. I saw that I was in the middle of a farm field with no where to hide. In the distance coming toward me I saw about 10 people (civilians) and at the same time a flight of four P-51s flew over at about 200 feet, checking out the situation. My reaction was - get the hell out of here you can’t help me and you can make the situation worse. As the civilians came closer I took out my .45cal automatic held it up in the air removed the clip and tossed the gun in one direction and the clip in another direction. I also pulled out my spare clips and tossed them. The civilians were hell bent on doing me in and fortunately at the same time they reached me a Luftwaffe sergeant stationed in the area arrived on motorcycle and held them off with his gun. The sergeant agreed to let the civilians bring me into town where we entered an official looking house. I was placed in a room with 5 or 6 older men one of whom was the Burgermeister and another was in a police type uniform and had an artificial leather left hand. He pulled out his Luger and wanted to shoot me on the spot. They questioned me and emptied the many pockets in my flight suit. T