Ferdinand "Wutz" (JG 26)
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Galland, Wilhelm-Ferdinand "Wutz" (JG 26)

Date of birth:

October 23rd, 1914 (Bochum/Western Phalia, Germany)

Date of death:

August 17th, 1943 (Hees/Limburg, Belgium)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Lommel

Plot: 21. Grave: 290.

Service number:

SS-Nr.: // NSDAP-Nr.: /// EKM-Nr.: 60020/23

Nationality:

German

Biography

1935: entered the Luftwaffe and served in a Flak-Regiment

1939-1940: in the Flakartillerie

1940-1941: flight and fighter training

1941: Erg.Gr./JG 26

26.06.1941: Staka of 5./JG 26

23.07.-06.11.1941: 6./JG 26

13.01.1942: accidently shot down a fellow JG 26 pilot. The incident was "cleaned up" for the official records.

05.05.1942 - 02.01.1943: promoted to Oberleutnant - Staka 5./JG 26

19.08.1942: his Fw 190 A-3 'Black 8' shot up over Dieppe landings

03.01.1943 - 17.08.1943: promoted to Hauptmann - Kdr. II./ JG 26

18.05.1943: promoted to Major

17.08.1943: KIA as Major - Stab II./JG 26  in Fw 190 A-5 '<< + -' shot down by 56 FG P-47 Thunderbolt escorts during an intercept mission against U.S. bombers nears Hees in the Liège area, crashed 5 km W of Maastricht.

His Body was recovered two months later and Buried at Lommel/Belgium.

17.08.1943: promoted to SS-Mann

Credited with 186 combat missions and 55 aerial victories in the West (including 8 four-engined bombers).

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