Adolf Galland Biography
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Adolf Galland

Adolf Josef Ferdinand Galland (19 March 1912 – 9 February 1996) was a German Luftwaffe general and flying ace who served throughout the Second World War in Europe. He flew 705 combat missions and fought on the Western Front and in the Defence of the Reich . Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolf Galland has received more than 1,595,040 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia . Adolf Galland is the 6th most popular pilot, the 539th most popular biography from Germany (down from 476th in 2019) and the most popular German Pilot.

Adolf Galland was a German fighter pilot and general officer in the Luftwaffe during World War II. He was one of the leading German fighter pilots, achieving 102 aerial victories, all of them against the Western Allies. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds, Nazi Germany's highest military decoration.