In January 1942, Peltz was made Commanding Officer of the bomber unit commanders school at Foggia, where all operational bomber commanders were trained in the latest operational techniques. In the timeframe of 8–31 July 1942 he served as an officer for special assignments () of the RLM and Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe. In this period fell his promotion to "Major" on 18 July 1942. The bomber unit commanders school relocated from Foggia to Tours in France in mid-1942. Here the I. "Gruppe" of "Kampfgeschwader" 60 (KG 60—60th Bomber Wing) was raised from the bomber unit commander's school and Peltz was appointed its "Gruppenkommandeur" on 1 August 1942. The "Gruppe", equipped with the Ju 88 A-4, was tasked with developing on the use of precision guided munitions then under development in Germany, such as the Fritz X and Henschel Hs 293, against Allied shipping. Operational by October 1942, this unit was sent to Norway against the Allied Murmansk convoys, but only three weeks later was switched to bases in Sardinia to counter the Allied "Torch" invasion, the British-American invasion of French North Africa.