DL Bf109g-2 JG 54 Schilling 2024-06-12

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DL Bf109g-2 JG 54 Schilling - DL Bf109g-2 JG 54 Schilling

DR2 1% Bf109G-2 Yellow 3, OFw Wilhelm Schilling, 9./JG 54, Siverskaya, September 1942. Schilling scored his 46th victory, an IL-2, on 16th September 1942 but was badly wounded by anti-aircraft fire. He was subsequently hospitalised, and was awarded the Knight's Cross in his hospital bed on 10th October by his Staffelkapitaen Hans-Ekkehard Bob. Schilling ended the war an Oberleutnant, Staffelkapitaen 10./EKG 1, with a total of 50 kills.

Jagdgeschwader 54 is the archetypal Eastern Front...

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