Major Adolf Galland of the Luftwaffe

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Posted On February 7, 2012

Galland makes a brief appearance in episode 45. He leads his Geschwader against shipping in SE Britain, only to lose good men and his own plane due to Radar. However, his pilots have a surprise for the RAF fighters. He would be shot down 4 times, but have 104 victories. He would soon be promoted to general and thus be unable to fly combat missions any more. He died in 1996.

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