Background
Hans Schilling was born in Zäckerick (Prussian province of Brandenburg), now Siekierki (Poland), on 24 September 1892.
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Hans Schilling
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Career
He scored his eight confirmed aerial victories teamed with Albert Dossenbach. The pair of them were shot down on 3 November 1916. Dossenbach was wounded.
Schilling was burnt.
As a result, Schilling was teamed with another pilot, and killed in action on 4 December 1916 by Charles Nungesser. Schilling first comes to notice as an aerial observer with Flieger-Abteilung (Flier Detachment) 5 in an Albatros C.III"s rear seat. However, he had no success until he transferred to Flieger-Abteilung (Flier Detachment) 22 and teamed with Albert Dossenbach.
On 10 January 1916, the pair shot down a French Morane near Lille.
Details of the next two aerial victories have been lost, except that Schilling and Dossenbach remained paired. 19 Squadron Reconstruction Finance Corporation near Bapaume at 1845 hours.
His next victories came on 24, 26, and 27 September. They included another Bachelor of Engineering.12 from 19 Squadron, as well as a Royal Aircraft Factory Bachelor of Engineering.2b from Number.
25 Squadron Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and an unidentified craft.
The combat with the 25 Squadron plane was a double downing without injury, as Leslie Court also managed to bring down the German aircrew. On 12 October 1916, Schilling received the Knight"s Cross of the House Order of Hohenzollern for his efforts. He was one of the few German observer aces.
On 3 November 1916, they downed FE.2B number 6374 over Mory.
However, they also came down that day, Dossenbach being lightly wounded and Schilling scorched. Schilling was reassigned to fly with a different pilot.
On 4 December he was flying with Leutnant Rosenbachs in a two-seater Halberstadt. Just past noon, they were shot down and killed in action near Flesquieres.
Charles Nungesser apparently vanquished them.
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Nationality
German Empire