Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Petrov ghọrọ onye isi nke 3rd Squadron nke 68th Fighter Aviation Regiment na
Agha Oge Oyi. O kwuru ọtụtụ mmeri n'oge agha ahụ. Na 17 Febụwarị 1940, na Ọdọ Mmiri Muola-Jarvi, a gbara onye ọkwọ ụgbọelu N. Kosichkin ma daa na ice. Petrov rutere ma kegide Kosichkin na skis nke I-15bis ya n'okpuru ọkụ ndị Finland. Mgbe Petrov rutere n'ụlọ elu ya, e nwere ihe dị ka oghere 100 n'ụgbọelu ya. Na 7 Eprel 1940, e nyere Petrov aha Hero nke Soviet Union na Order nke Lenin, na-aghọ onye mbụ a mụrụ na Karelia iji nweta ọdịiche ahụ.