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General Adolf Galland Ace with 104.00 Victories

General Adolf Galland Adolf Galland fought in the great Battles of Poland, France and Britain, leading the famous JG26 Abbeville Boys. He flew in combat against the RAFs best including Douglas Bader, Bob Stanford Tuck and Johnnie Johnson. In 1941, at the age of 29, he was promoted to Inspector of the Fighter Arm. In 1942 Hitler personally selected Galland to organise the fighter escort for the Channel Dash. He became the youngest General in the German High Command but open disagreements with Goering led to his dismissal at the end of 1944. He reverted to combat flying, forming the famous JV44 wing flying the Me262 jet fighter, and was the only General in history to lead a squadron into battle. With 104 victories, all in the West, Adolf Galland received the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. Born 19th March 1912, died 9th February 1996. Born in 1911, Adolf Galland learned to fly at a state-sponsored flying club in the early 1930s. In 1933 he was selected to go to Italy for secret pilot training. Galland flew for a brief time as a commercial airline pilot prior to joining the clandestine Luftwaffe as a Second Lieutenant. In April of 1935 he was assigned to JG-2, the Richtofen Fighter Wing, and in 1937 he joined the ranks of the Condor Legion flying the He-51 biplane fighter in support of General Franco during the Spanish Civil War. Despite flying 280 missions, Galland attained no aerial victories, a rather inauspicious start for a pilot would go on to attain more than 100 aerial victories - the highest for any pilot who flew on the Western Front. During Germanys invasion of Poland, Galland was assigned to an attack squadron and he flew over fifty ground sorties. He was promoted to Captain for his efforts, but Galland was anxious to return to a fighter squadron, and he got his wish in October of 1939 when he was transferred to JG-27. It was with JG-27 that Galland first learned to fly the Bf-109. In May of 1940 JG-27 flew in support of the invasion of Belgium, and Galland achieved his first combat victory on May 12. Two months later his score had risen to more than a dozen, and at this time he was once again transferred to JG-26 situated on the Channel Coast. Engaging the RAF on a daily basis during the Battle of Britain, Gallands score rose steadily until it exceeded 40 victories by September. After a short leave Galland rejoined JG-26 in Brittany, where the squadron played a defensive role. Following Germanys invasion of Russia in June of 1941, JG-26 became one of only two German fighter squadrons left on the Channel Coast. This resulted in plenty of flying, and by late in 1941 Gallands victory totals had reached 70. Following a near brush with death when the fuel tank of his 109 exploded, Galland was grounded for a time, and sent to Berlin where he was made the General of the Fighter Arm, reporting directly to Goring and Hitler. Galland spent most of the next few years carrying out inspection tours, and was at odds with his superiors about the need for an adequate fighter defense to negate ever-increasing Allied bombing of Germanys cities. He continued to fly combat missions when the opportunity presented itself, despite Gorings orders to the contrary. In January of 1945 almost 300 fighters were lost in an all-out attack on Allied airfields in France, a mission Galland did not support. He was dismissed as General of the Fighter Arm for his insubordination, but reflecting his flying abilities Hitler ordered Galland to organize JV-44, Germanys first jet-equipped fighter squadron. By March of 1945 Galland had recruited 45 of Germanys best surviving fighter pilots, and this new squadron was given the difficult task of trying to counter the daily onslaught of 15th Air Force bombers coming at Germany from the South. Gallands final mission of the War occurred on April 26 when he attained his 102nd and 103rd confirmed aerial victories prior to crash landing his damaged Me262. Several days later the War was over for both Galland and Germany. General Galland died in 1996. Knights Cross Oak Leaves Swords Diamonds

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General Adolf Galland - Signed Aviation Art Prints, Paintings and Drawings

Gunther Rall - Me109 Ace by Ivan Berryman. 4 editions. All 4 editions feature up to 6 additional signature(s). £100.00 - £690.00

Kannonenboot by David Pentland. 4 editions. All 4 editions feature up to 5 additional signature(s). £75.00 - £400.00

Lost Over Dunkirk by Ivan Berryman. 3 of 4 editions available. All 4 editions feature up to 5 additional signatures. £85.00 - £430.00

High Pursuit by Ivan Berryman. 17 of 18 editions available. All 10 editions featuring up to 3 additional signatures are available. £2.70 - £500.00

Messerschmitt Me262B-1a/U1 by Ivan Berryman. 6 of 7 editions available. All 2 editions featuring up to 4 additional signatures are available. £2.70 - £310.00

Foes Now Friends by Alan S Holt 3 editions. All 3 editions feature up to 2 additional signature(s). £88.00 - £330.00

Adolf Galland by Ivan Berryman. 5 of 6 editions available. All 3 editions featuring up to 4 additional signatures are available. £2.70 - £480.00

Alpine Scramble by Nicolas Trudgian. 10 editions. 7 of the 10 editions feature an additional signature. £65.00 - £300.00

Clipped Signature - Adolf Galland. One edition. £60.00

Gunther Rall - Black 13 by Ivan Berryman. 4 editions. All 4 editions feature up to 5 additional signature(s). £60.00 - £700.00

Defending the Homeland by Ivan Berryman. 3 of 4 editions available. All 4 editions feature up to 4 additional signatures. £75.00 - £430.00

Morning Maintenance by Ivan Berryman. 4 editions. All 4 editions feature up to 4 additional signature(s). £60.00 - £480.00

Deadly Pass by David Pentland. 4 editions. All 4 editions feature up to 3 additional signature(s). £95.00 - £400.00

Head on Pass by David Pentland. 4 editions. All 4 editions feature up to 5 additional signature(s). £50.00 - £700.00

The Greatest Day by Robert Taylor. 4 of 5 editions available. All 5 editions feature up to 28 additional signatures. £210.00 - £495.00

Jet Strike by Nicolas Trudgian (AP) One of 2 editions available. Both editions feature an additional signature. £400.00

Most Memorable Day by Robert Taylor. One of 2 editions available. Both editions feature 4 additional signatures. £495.00

Victory Above Dover by Ivan Berryman. 11 editions. 6 of the 11 editions feature up to 4 additional signatures. £2.70 - £4000.00

Tribute to the Blenheim Crews by Ivan Berryman. 3 of 4 editions available. All 4 editions feature up to 3 additional signatures. £60.00 - £400.00

Return of the Hunters by Nicolas Trudgian. 4 editions. 3 of the 4 editions feature up to 3 additional signatures. £2.00 - £440.00

Stabsschwarm by David Pentland. 4 editions. All 4 editions feature up to 4 additional signature(s). £70.00 - £490.00

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DATE	PILOT	UNIT	JG	CLAIMED	LOCATION	TIME	FRONT

12/05/1940	Hptm. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 27	Hurricane	10km W. Lüttich	10.1	Western Front
12/05/1940	Hptm. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 27	Hurricane	18km S. Lüttich	10.2	Western Front
12/05/1940	Hptm. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 27	Hurricane	7km ENE Tirlemont	15.5	Western Front
16/05/1940	Hptm. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 27	Spitfire I	Seclin [5km S. Lille]	19.3	Western Front
19/05/1940	Hptm. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 27	Potez 63	N. Albert-Méautle	20.5	Western Front
19/05/1940	Hptm. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 27	Potez 63	SW Hirson	21.45	Western Front
20/05/1940	Hptm. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 27	Potez 63	S. Amiens	20.5	Western Front
29/05/1940	Hptm. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 27	Blenheim	15km N. Gravelines	12.59	Western Front
29/05/1940	Hptm. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 27	Blenheim	30km NW Gravelines	13.04	Western Front
02/06/1940	Hptm. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 27	Spitfire	W. Dünkirchen	9.28	Western Front
09/06/1940	Hptm. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 27	Hawk-75A	E. Rotoy	15.55	Western Front
09/06/1940	Hptm. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 27	Morane 406	13km NW Meaux	16.1	Western Front
14/06/1940	Hptm. Adolf Galland	Stab III.	JG 26	Blenheim	22km SE Vernon	17.15	Western Front
14/06/1940	Hptm. Adolf Galland	Stab III.	JG 26	Defiant	10km S. Evreux	17.28	Western Front
24/07/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab III.	JG 26	Spitfire	30km NE Margate: 3000-2200m	13.35	Western Front
25/07/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab III.	JG 26	Spitfire	Dover Hafen	16.17	Western Front
28/07/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab III.	JG 26	Spitfire	10km NNE Dover: 6000m	15.14	Western Front
12/08/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab III.	JG 26	Hurricane	NNW Margate	12.41	Western Front
14/08/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab III.	JG 26	Hurricane	SW Dover	13.3	Western Front
15/08/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab III.	JG 26	Spitfire	10km E. Dover	12.55	Western Front
15/08/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab III.	JG 26	Spitfire	15km SE Folkestone	16.01	Western Front
15/08/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab III.	JG 26	Spitfire	20km SE Dover	16.07	Western Front
25/08/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	Dungeness-Folkestone: 3000m	19.5	Western Front
28/08/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Defiant	Faversham: 2000m [E. Canterbury]	10.08	Western Front
31/08/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Curtiss	20km SE Cambridge	9.42	Western Front
31/08/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	Gravesend	18.5	Western Front
31/08/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Hurricane	Maidstone	19.03	Western Front
01/09/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Hurricane	SE London	14.55	Western Front
03/09/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Hurricane	Chelmsford	11.32	Western Front
06/09/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Hurricane	Tonbridge	10.2	Western Front
11/09/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Hurricane	NW Dungeness	16.2	Western Front
14/09/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Hurricane	Südostrands London	17.03	Western Front
15/09/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Hurricane	Themesmündung	15.3	Western Front
18/09/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Hurricane	-	13.35	Western Front
18/09/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Hurricane	W. Rochester	13.52	Western Front
18/09/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Hurricane	W. Rochester	13.55	Western Front
20/09/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	S. Hornchurch	12.05	Western Front
21/09/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	W. Ashford-Canterbury	19.25	Western Front
23/09/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Hurricane	N. Rochester	10.45	Western Front
23/09/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Hurricane	N. Rochester	10.45	Western Front
24/09/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Hurricane	Rochester	10	Western Front
30/09/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Hurricane	S. Guildford	18.05	Western Front
10/10/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	S. Eastchurch	10.2	Western Front
11/10/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	SE Chatham	17.05	Western Front
11/10/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Hurricane	Dartford-Rochester: 2500m	17.12	Western Front
15/10/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	S. Rochester	13.5	Western Front
26/10/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Hurricane	Maidstone-/S. London	17.3	Western Front
30/10/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	E. London	12.55	Western Front
30/10/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	S. Eastchurch-Maidstone	17.3	Western Front
30/10/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	Canterbury-Maidstone	17.4	Western Front
01/11/1940	Major Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	W. Ashford	12.5	Western Front
14/11/1940	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	10km S. Dover	15.28	Western Front
15/11/1940	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Hurricane	bei Dover	10.28	Western Front
17/11/1940	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Hurricane	W. Harwich	10.2	Western Front
17/11/1940	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Hurricane	20km E. versengt Leucht: 1000-1500m [Themesmündung]	10.27	Western Front
27/11/1940	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	5km E. Detling: 8000m	17	Western Front
28/11/1940	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Hurricane	Dartford: 6500m	15.4	Western Front
05/12/1940	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	Dover-Dungeness: 2000m	12.3	Western Front
04/04/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	zw. Dover/Canterbury: 1200m	17.5	Western Front
15/04/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	Wittering 30km vor Dover: 3800m	17.5	Western Front
15/04/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	Dover	18	Western Front
15/04/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	zw. Dover u. Margate: 4500m	18	Western Front
13/06/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Hurricane	5km W. Dover: 3500m	13.15	Western Front
13/06/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Hurricane	10km NE Ashford: 2000m	13.18	Western Front
16/06/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Hurricane	W. Boulogne: 3000m	16.35	Western Front
17/06/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Hurricane	15km W. St. Omer: 3500m	19.38	Western Front
17/06/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Hurricane	5km SE Boulogne: 3500m	19.4	Western Front
18/06/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	1½km E. Ardres: 6500m	18.18	Western Front
21/06/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Blenheim	S. St. Omer: 3500m	12.32	Western Front
21/06/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Blenheim	Merville/NW St. Omer: 3500m	12.36	Western Front
21/06/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	N. Etaples: 5000m	16.37	Western Front
02/07/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Blenheim	bei Merville: 4000m	12.3	Western Front
23/07/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	40km NW Gravelines: 10m	13.35	Western Front
23/07/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	bei Fruges: 7000m	20.1	Western Front
23/07/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	bei Fruges: 6500m	20.15	Western Front
07/08/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	Lumbres, SW St. Omer	11.23	Western Front
07/08/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	10km NW St. Omer	17.4	Western Front
07/08/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	N. Ardres	17.44	Western Front
09/08/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	NW St. Pol	11.32	Western Front
09/08/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	N. Ardres: 5000m	17.44	Western Front
12/08/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	20-25km W. Vlissinghen: 200m	13.12	Western Front
12/08/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Blenheim	Scheldemündung W. Haamstede	13.18	Western Front
19/08/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	NW St. Omer	19.32	Western Front
19/08/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Hurricane	SE Gravelines	19.45	Western Front
19/08/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	Bergues	11.55	Western Front
04/09/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Blenheim	N. St. Omer: 3000m	17.3	Western Front
07/09/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	20km W. Boulogne	17.19	Western Front
20/09/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	Bergues-Bourbourg	16.45	Western Front
20/09/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	6km NW Bray-Dunes	16.55	Western Front
21/09/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	SE Etaples/Montreuil	16.23	Western Front
21/09/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	S. Dünkirchen	17.35	Western Front
13/10/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	St. Omer	14.17	Western Front
13/10/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Blenheim	Samer	14.27	Western Front
21/10/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	15km W. Boulogne	18.16	Western Front
21/10/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	6km W. Hardelot	12.58	Western Front
21/10/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	W. Samer	12.54	Western Front
27/10/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	S. Dünkirchen	13.25	Western Front
08/11/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	Montreuil	12.58	Western Front
08/11/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	10km S. Hazebrouck	13	Western Front
18/11/1941	Obstlt. Adolf Galland	Stab	JG 26	Spitfire	20km W. Boulogne	12.32	Western Front
16/04/1945	Genltn. Adolf Galland		JV 44	B-26	Raum Lanberg	-	Western Front
16/04/1945	Genltn. Adolf Galland		JV 44	B-26	Raum Lanberg	-	Western Front
21/04/1945	Genltn. Adolf Galland		JV 44	B-17	-	-	Western Front
26/04/1945	Genltn. Adolf Galland		JV 44	B-26	Raum Neuburg	-	Western Front
26/04/1945	Genltn. Adolf Galland		JV 44	B-26	Raum Neuburg	-	Western Front

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