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Wilhelm Schilling - Aircrew Details - Aviation Directory

Wilhelm Schilling


Name : Wilhelm Schilling
Air Victories : 50.00

Awards :
Knights Cross

Aircraft Type :
Hurricane
Aircraft Type :
Spitfire
Aircraft Type :
Spitfire
Aircraft Type :
Blenheim
Aircraft Type :
SB-2
Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-16 Rata
Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-15
Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
I-26
Aircraft Type :
I-26
Aircraft Type :
I-26
Aircraft Type :
Kurier Flzg.

Aircraft Type :
P-40
Aircraft Type :
P-40
Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-26
Aircraft Type :
P-40
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
P-40
Aircraft Type :
Curtiss P-40
Aircraft Type :
I-16 Rata
Aircraft Type :
MiG-3
Aircraft Type :
P-40
Aircraft Type :
P-40
Aircraft Type :
MiG-3
Aircraft Type :
MiG-3
Aircraft Type :
MiG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
MiG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
MiG-3
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
Curtiss P-40
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
MiG-3
Aircraft Type :
MiG-3
Aircraft Type :
P-2
Aircraft Type :
B-17






Known Victory Claims :

Date

Rank

Squadron

Claimed

Location

Time

Aircraft Flown

Notes

12/05/1940

Uffz.

JG 21

Hurricane
details

Brüssel

10.05

12/08/1940

Uffz.

JG 54

Spitfire
details

-

18.36

05/09/1940

Fw.

JG 54

Spitfire
details

-

10.49

08/11/1940

Fw.

JG 54

Blenheim
details

25km W. Bergen-aan-Zee

9.5

23/06/1941

Ofw.

JG 54

SB-2
details

-

11.5

11/07/1941

Ofw.

JG 54

I-18
details

-

15.3

25/08/1941

Ofw.

JG 54

I-16 Rata
details

-

12.45

10/09/1941

Ofw.

JG 54

I-18
details

-

14.55

11/09/1941

Ofw.

JG 54

I-18
details

-

9.47

15/09/1941

Ofw.

JG 54

I-15
details

-

15.3

23/09/1941

Ofw.

JG 54

I-18
details

-

15.1

29/09/1941

Ofw.

JG 54

I-18
details

-

18.15

07/10/1941

Ofw.

JG 54

I-18
details

-

15.15

11/10/1941

Ofw.

JG 54

Il-2
details

-

15.33

28/10/1941

Ofw.

JG 54

I-26
details

-

12.25

29/10/1941

Ofw.

JG 54

I-26
details

-

-

05/11/1941

Ofw.

JG 54

I-26
details

Kolpino

15.08

14/11/1941

Ofw.

JG 54

Kurier Flzg.
details

-

15.15

09/03/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

P-40
details

-

17.02

13/03/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

P-40
details

-

9.52

14/03/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

I-18
details

-

9.1

14/03/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

I-18
details

-

9.2

29/03/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

I-26
details

-

10.15

06/04/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

P-40
details

-

10.45

24/04/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

Jak-1
details

-

13.02

25/04/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

P-40
details

-

14.41

13/05/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

Curtiss P-40
details

-

4.1

28/05/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

I-16 Rata
details

11 793: 500m

8.58

10/06/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

MiG-3
details

-

9.38

14/06/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

P-40
details

-

17.4

20/06/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

P-40
details

-

19.07

22/08/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

MiG-3
details

38 313: 30m

13.02

27/08/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

MiG-3
details

10 113: 1000m

16.43

28/08/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

MiG-3
details

10 184: 800m

14.05

31/08/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

LaGG-3
details

10 191: 500m

14.4

31/08/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

MiG-3
details

10 223: 2000m

5.15

01/09/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

LaGG-3
details

10 191: 1700m

12.24

02/09/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

MiG-3
details

10 241: 2000m

5.18

03/09/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

Il-2
details

10 191: 200m

4.55

06/09/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

Curtiss P-40
details

10 144: 2000m

9.59

09/09/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

Il-2
details

10 151: 50m

17.35

10/09/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

Il-2
details

10 173: 50m

11.08

11/09/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

MiG-3
details

00 264: 1800m

7.3

11/09/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

MiG-3
details

00 264: 600m

11.5

12/09/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

P-2
details

00 254: 2000m

6.24

24/02/1944

Oblt.

JG 54

B-17
details

UD-45: 5500m [NW Regensburg]

15.2

Squadrons for : Wilhelm Schilling
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Wilhelm Schilling. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
SquadronInfo

JG21

Country : Germany

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JG21

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JG54

Country : Germany

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JG54

I./JG 54 was initially formed as I./JG 70 near Nuremberg in July 1939, just two short months before hostilities broke out. As was to become tradition within Grunherzgeschwader, the Gruppe took the Nurember coat-of-arms (a veritcally divided shield with a black heraldic bird on the left, and red and white diagonal stripes on the right) to represent the region the unit came from.

On September 15, 1939, I./JG 70 was redesignated I./JG 54

The initial unit designation for II./JG 54 was I./JG 138. This unit was raised in 1938 after the Austrian annexation. Naturally many Austrian nationals were recruited when I./JG 138 was formed. The Aspern coat of arms (black lion's head surmounting a white cross on a red field) was taken by the Gruppe for its identity.

I./JG 138 was briefly designated I./JG 76 before finally becoming II./JG 54 on April 6, 1940.

The III./JG 54 has its roots in Prussia. Initially I./JG 21, the members were drawn from the Jesau region in Prussia. The modified Jesau coat-of-arms (a shield with a Jesau cross with three diving aircraft on a red background, with a white outline on the shield) was adopted as the Gruppe's own.

On July 15, 1939, I./JG 21 was redesignated III./JG 54. However, the bureaucratic nature of the young Luftwaffe was such that it was over a year before records would reflect the new designation. Consequently, III./JG 54 fought in Poland and France as I./JG 21.


Kommodoren of JG 54 :

Major Martin Mettig; 2 Feb 40 to 25 Aug 40.
Oberst Hannes Trautloft; 25 Aug 40 to 5 Jul 43.
Major Hubertus von Bonin; 6 Jul 43 to 15 Dec 43.
Oberstleutnant Anton Mader; 28 Jan 44 to Sep 44.
Oberst Dieter Hrabak; 1 Oct 44 to 8 May 45.



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