Galland, Adolf, 1912-1996
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Fuller Name
- Adolf Joseph Ferdinand Galland
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1912-03-19
Death Date
- 1996-02-09
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1935
- Organization: Germany. Luftwaffe
Birth Place
- Westphalia (Germany)
Associated Language
- German
Field of Activity
Occupation
(lcsh) Germany. Luftwaffe--Officers
(lctgm) Military officers
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Sources
- found: His Die Ersten und die Letzten, 1953.
- found: Ace of the Luftwaffe, [2010]:container (Adolf Galland; German ace)
- found: The fighter general, [2010]:container (Adolf Galland; German ace; general of the fighters)
- found: Clash of the legends, [2010]:container (Adolf Galland; German ace)
- found: The New York times, via WWW, January 6, 2017:Adolf Galland, top aviator for the Nazis, is dead at 83, by David Binder, published February 14, 1996 (Luftwaffe pilot; Adolf Galland; top fighter ace of WWII; General Galland died February 9, 1996 at his home in Oberwinter, he was 83; started out the war as a first lieutenant and ended it as a lieutenant general commanding a jet fighter unit; in July 1944 he held the higher rank of General of Fighter Pilots; in February 1935 he entered the Luftwaffe for still-secret combat training, disguised as a civilian pilot; Adolf Joseph Ferdinand Galland was born March 19, 1912 in Westerholt)
- found: Independent, via WWW, January 6, 2017:Obituary: General Adolf Galland, by Josh Crossland, published February 13, 1996 (Adolf Galland; the most famous and dashing of the Luftwaffe aces; ended the war with 104 "kills"; born March 19, 1912 in Westphalia; entered the Luftwaffe in 1935; died February 9, 1996 in Remagen-Oberwinter)
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Change Notes
- 1980-05-22: new
- 2023-08-29: revised
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