- Franz Schall
Infobox Military Person
name=Franz Schall
born=birth date|1918|6|1|df=y
died=dda|1945|4|10|1918|6|1|df=y
placeofbirth=Graz ,Austria
placeofdeath=Parchim
caption=Franz Schall
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi GermanyNazi Germany
branch=Luftwaffe
serviceyears=
rank=Hauptmann
commands=3./JG 52
unit=JG 52 ,Kommando Nowotny ,JG 7
battles=World War II
*Eastern front
*Western front
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
laterwork=Franz Schall (born
1 June 1918 inGraz ,Austria ,killed in action 10 April 1945 inParchim ) was a GermanWorld War II fighter ace and recipient of theKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross .In the morning of
8 November 1944 , he shot down threeUSAAF P-51 Mustang s escorting a USAAF bombers but then suffered aflameout of both engines. While attempting to glide back to his base at Hesepe, he was intercepted by a P-51, piloted by 1st Lt. James W. Kenney of the357th Fighter Group , which badly damaged Schall's Me 262 A-1a (W.Nr. 110 404) "White 7". Schall managed to bail out only to see his aircraft explode.On
10 April 1945 , Schall shot down aP-51 Mustang , for his 137th, and last, victory, but then attempted an emergency landing atParchim . His aircraft rolled into a bomb crater and exploded, killing him instantly.Franz Schall was credited with 137 victories in 550 missions [Spick 1996, p.229] . The majority of his victories were claimed over the Eastern front, including 61 Il-2 Stormoviks. All 14 of his victories claimed over the Western front were gained flying the Me 262 jet fighter and included six four-engine bombers and 10 P-51 fighters [For a list of Luftwaffe Jet aces see "
List of German World War II Jet aces "] .Awards
*
Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (22 February 1944)
*German Cross in Gold (20 March 1944)
*Iron Cross 2. and 1. class
*Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (10 October 1944)References
*cite web|title=Aces of the Luftwaffe|work=Franz Schall|url=http://www.luftwaffe.cz/schall.html|accessdate=16 October|accessyear=2007
*cite web|title=Lexikon der Wehrmacht|work=Franz Schall|url=http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/S/SchallF.htm|accessdate=16 October|accessyear=2007
* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit. "Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 - 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II". Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, 2001. ISBN 3-931533-45-X.
* Spick, Mike. "Luftwaffe Fighter Aces". Ivy Books, 1996. ISBN 0-8041-1696-2.
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