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Mar 15, 2024 · Adolf Galland was a German fighter ace and officer who commanded the fighter forces of the Luftwaffe (German air force) during World War II. The son of an estate bailiff of French descent, Galland became a skillful glider pilot before age 20 and joined the civilian airline Lufthansa in 1932.
Luftwaffe, Adolf Galland emerges from the cockpit of his Messerschmitt Me-109 fighter after landing at a forward airfield in France near the coast of the English Channel in 1940. Because of his success as a group leader in the Battle of Britain, Galland was promoted to lieutenant colonel.
Jun 12, 2006 · Galland was the youngest general grade officer of either side in World War II, and at age 29 he was more competent in aerial combat, strategy and tactics than many of the experts nearly twice his age. Galland fought a hard battle against his superiors on the ground, which made the danger in the air inviting, almost welcome.
Sep 21, 2018 · With his slicked-back black hair and matching mustache, broken nose and perennial cigar, Lieutenant General Adolf Galland was the personification of the Luftwaffe fighter arm during World War II. His Messerschmitt 109s bearing the incongruous Mickey Mouse emblem became iconic images for generations of historians, artists and modelers.
He built the most effective fighter force known, and he did it not because of men like Hitler and Goering, but in spite of them. In a meteoric career, he became the youngest general officer in the war, a highly decorated ace, and commander of the world’s first operational jet fighter squadron.
Adolf Josef Ferdinand Galland (19 March 1912 – 9 February 1996) was a German Luftwaffe general and flying ace who served throughout the Second World War in Europe. He flew 705 combat missions and fought on the Western Front and in the Defence of the Reich.
Jul 20, 2017 · From September 1939 through April 1945, Adolf Galland flew 705 missions and claimed 104 victories in aerial combat against Western Allied aircraft. His June 21, 1941, brush with death was likely the closest he came to being killed in the four times he was shot down during World War II.
