Messerschmitt Me 262 (Luftwaffe Franz Schall) (1:72 scale)
- Franz Schall completed his pilot training in 1943 & was immediately transferred to JG 52 on the eastern front. Schall’s skill & reputation as a fighter pilot grew quickly & by August 1944 he already had 109 kills. In September 1944 he was recruited by Major Walther Nowotny to his Erprobungskommando operating the brand new Me-262 Jet Fighter. Schall scored his 133rd & last victory on 10th April, 1945. He then attempted an emergency landing in his damaged aircraft but it rolled into a bomb crater & exploded. Schall died instantly.