Adolf Galland (1912–1996)

Author of The First and the Last

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General Adolf Gallano was a German WWII fighter ace and commander of the Luftwaffe Fighter Force. At the end of the Second World War Galland was one of the few to fly the Messerschmilt 262 jet fighter in combat and had shot down 104 enemy planes. Davio C. Isby has been working as a military show more historian since 1970. He has worked on a wealth of war simulations and is the author of a number of military books, including G.I. Victory. Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires. Leave No Man Behind, Weapons and Tactics of the Soviet Army, and Ten Million Bayonets. He lives in Arlington. Virginia. show less

Includes the names: Galland Adolf, Adolf Galland, Adolf Gallano, Adolph Galland, A (trad) Galland, A. Galland, Et Al, Gen. Adolf Galland, Adolf Joseph Ferdinand Galland

Image credit: Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-2006-0123, Fotograf: Hoffmann, Heinrich

Works by Adolf Galland

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The First and the Last (1953) 425 copies, 1 review

The Luftwaffe Fighter Force: The View from the Cockpit (1998) 34 copies

The Luftwaffe at War 1939-45 (1972) 31 copies

Die Bildchronik der Fallschirmtruppe 1935-1945 (1985) — Author — 7 copies

Jusqu'au bout sur nos Messerschmitt (2012) 5 copies

The First and the Last and Adolf Galland: A Pilot's Life in War and Peace. 2 volume set (1986) 2 copies

Cross of Lead 2 copies

Les Mille et une Nuits. Tome II (1950) 1 copy

Las mil y una noche 1 copy

As mil e uma noites - Tomo 1 1 copy

Horrido! - Des Jaegers Schiessfibel 1 copy

As mil e uma noites - Tomo 3 1 copy

As mil e uma noites - Tomo 4 1 copy

As mil e uma noites - Tomo 5 1 copy

As mil e uma noites - Tomo 6 1 copy

Memorias 1 copy

Il primo e l'ultimo. Volume 2: la fine della Luftwaffe 1 copy

As mil e uma noites - Tomo 2 1 copy

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Me 109: Willy Messerschmitt's Peerless Fighter (1968) — Introduction — 172 copies, 1 review

Me262 stormbird rising (1994) — Foreword — 39 copies

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Legal name: Galland, Adolf Joseph Ferdinand
Other names: "Dolfo" (nickname)
Galland, Adolf, 1912-1996
Birthdate: 1912-03-19
Date of death: 1996-02-09
Gender: male
Education: Deutsche Verkehrsfliegerschule - German Commercial Flying School
Regia Aeronautica - Italian Royal Air Force
Occupations: fighter pilot
consultant
technical adviser, motion picture
Organizations: Condor Legion (Spanish Civil War) 1937-1938
Luftwaffe (WWII) 1934-1945
Argentine Air Force, consultant 1948-1955
Awards and honors: Knight's Cross
Nationality: Germany
Birthplace: Westerholt, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany
Place of death: Oberwinter, Germany
Burial location: St Laurentius Church, Remagen-Oberwinter, Germany
Associated Place (for map): Germany

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The First and the Last: The Rise and Fall of the German Fighter Forces, 1938-1945 by Adolf Galland

A fearless leader with 104 victories to his name, Galland was a legendary hero in Germany's Luftwaffe. Now he offers an insider's look at the division's triumphs in Poland and France and the last desperate battle to save the Reich. "The clearest picture yet of how the Germans lost their war in the air."--Time.

Feb 13, 2022