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Title: Me 262A-1 Franz Schall
Post by: Devil 505 on April 20, 2018, 04:54:25 PM
Me 262A-1 of 2./Kommando Nowotny flown by Franz Schall in October, 1944 from Hesepe, Germany. Schall is one of the highest scoring Me 262 pilots, with 14 confirmed victories and another 3 unconfirmed. Schall began his combat flying career in early 1943 with Jg 52 on the Eastern Front, attaining 116 victories there by September, 1944. It was then that he was chosen by Major Walter Nowotny to join the first air combat unit for the new Me 262 jet fighter. Schall scored his first kill in a 262, a B-24, on October 7th and was awarded the Knight Cross on the 10th. Schall was killed on April 10, 1945 when his Jg 7 jet rolled into a bomb crater, and exploded while he was attempted an emergency landing at Parchim, Germany.

(https://s6.postimg.cc/8k809tfm9/Schall_1.png) (https://postimg.cc/image/beb5n9hsd/)

(https://s6.postimg.cc/vlolfkmzl/Schall_2.png) (https://postimg.cc/image/gpq27zbkt/)
Title: Re: Me 262A-1 Franz Schall
Post by: Vraciu on April 20, 2018, 04:56:46 PM
Nice job.
Title: Re: Me 262A-1 Franz Schall
Post by: bustr on April 20, 2018, 06:40:13 PM
Is the paint scheme a factory standard like 109 can be determined which factory built them or was it applied by the combat unit?
Title: Re: Me 262A-1 Franz Schall
Post by: Devil 505 on April 20, 2018, 07:50:37 PM
That was a factory scheme of the the early 262's. The colors are the green versions of RLM 81 and 82, to maintain the lowest possible contrast to match the reference photo and color profile.

Schall with a mechanic in front of this jet.
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/ba/3c/68/ba3c68bc5d5da7d6993f1eac0c077548.jpg)

Color profile by Claes Sundin
http://luftwaffeinprofile.se/Schall.html

Other early Me 262's of Kommando Nowotny
(http://www.me-262.de/upload/cms_bilder/img_gr_00000144_Me262%20Kommando%20Nowotny.jpg)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/33/6f/b3/336fb3549817010f4e9852ae64aae1e7.jpg)

Even factory applied paint would vary wildly in the pattern and heaviness of application.
Title: Re: Me 262A-1 Franz Schall
Post by: oboe on April 20, 2018, 09:21:31 PM
Excellent werk!
Title: Re: Me 262A-1 Franz Schall
Post by: Nefarious on April 21, 2018, 12:06:58 AM
Very nice, great job! <S>
Title: Re: Me 262A-1 Franz Schall
Post by: lyric1 on April 21, 2018, 12:37:35 AM
 :aok
Title: Re: Me 262A-1 Franz Schall
Post by: Greebo on April 22, 2018, 12:13:37 PM
Missed this somehow, great work Devil.  :aok
Title: Re: Me 262A-1 Franz Schall
Post by: bangsbox on April 23, 2018, 11:38:37 AM
Devil! keep up the great 262 work!!! I love the 262 and love your work! Cant wait to see more and different 262 skins from you :pray :rock

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Title: Re: Me 262A-1 Franz Schall
Post by: FBDragon on April 24, 2018, 08:16:23 PM
 :aok :aok :aok :aok :aok :cheers: :salute :salute :salute