Philip L Schallo

Military
media-40197.png UPL 40197 2Lt. Phillip L Schallo, Pilot on P51D 44-14843 'Balls of Fire' 20th Fighter Group

Michel Beckers WW2CRASHSITERESEARCH

Object Number - UPL 40197 - 2Lt. Phillip L Schallo, Pilot on P51D 44-14843 'Balls of Fire' 20th Fighter Group

Flight leader 77th FS Sept 1944 - March 1945

20th FG Ass't OPS officer March - June 1945

277:05 combat hours

1 kill air (ME-109) + 3 ground kills (2 x FW-190 + 1 ME-410)

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Aircraft

P-51 Mustangs (VF-4) of the 4th Fighter Group, (CV-Q) of the 359th Fighter Group, (LC-D) of the 20th Fighter Group, (LH-V) of the 353rd Fighter group and (C5-Q) of the 357th Fighter Group, with a P-38 Lightning at Debden. Handwritten on slide:" Line of P51s E. Richie"

44-14843

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Gumpy, Balls of Fire
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 77th Fighter Squadron

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Born

Seattle, Washington

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / King's Cliffe Memorial Edition

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