Date of birth:

June 1st, 1918 (Graz/Styria, Austria)

Date of death:

April 10th, 1945 (Parchim/Mecklenburg, Germany)

Nationality:

Austrian

Franz Schall was killed on 10th April 1945 when he had to make a forced landing near Parchim. At tha moment he was Staffelkapitän 10. / Jagdgeschwader 7. He was posthumously promoted to Hauptmann.

Flew a total of ~550 sorties, during he achieved an unknown number of victories (presumably 137, including about 14 with the Me 262 in the defense of the Reich).

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