Interview with Adolf Joseph Ferdinand Galland
German officer served as pilot with 27th Fighter Wing, German Air Force in France and Germany, 1940; commanded III Group, 27th Fighter Wing, German Air Force in France, 6/1940-12/1941 including Battle of Britain, 1940; served as General der Jagdfleiger in Germany, 1941-1945; commanded 44th Hunting Group, German Air Force in Germany, 1945
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German officer served as pilot with 27th Fighter Wing, German Air Force in France and Germany, 1940; commanded III Group, 27th Fighter Wing, German Air Force in France, 6/1940-12/1941 including Battle of Britain, 1940; served as General der Jagdfleiger in Germany, 1941-1945; commanded 44th Hunting Group, German Air Force in Germany, 1945

Content description

REEL 1 Aspects of operations as pilot with 27th Fighter Wing, German Air Force in Germany and France, 1940: circumstances of failure of Germans to prevent escape of British Army from Dunkirk, France, 5/1940-6/1940; opinion that Adolf Hitler did not want war with GB 1940. Recollections of operations commanding III Group 27th Fighter Wing, German Air Force in France, 6/1940-12/1941 including Battle of Britain, 1940: restrictions of German Air Force operations over GB, 6/1940-7/1940; plan to establish air superiority over GB; question of Hermann Göring's over-estimation of German Air Force superiority; inaccurate German estimates of British aircraft strength and effectiveness of British radar; difficulty of attacking as opposed to defending; opinion of Royal Air Force fighter pilots; German Air Force's decision to attack London, GB; view of German Air Force aircrew as to success of battle. REEL 2 Continues: opinion that German Air Force unable to secure victory during battle alone; reasons for variable success after switch to night bombing autumn 1940; reason for raid on London, 10/5/1941. Aspects of period as General der Jagdflieger and 44th Hunting Group, German Air Force in Germany, 1941-1945: effect of Allied bombing campaign on Germany; success of German Air Force fighters intercepting United States Army Air Force Eighth Air Force raid against Schweinfurt, 1943; German shortage of fuel, problems during development of Messerschmitt Me 262 fighters, 1944-1945.

Object Details

Category

Sound

Related period

1945-1989 (production), Second World War (content), Second World War (association)

Creator

Thames Television (Production Company)

Thames Television (Recorder)

Galland, Adolf Joseph Ferdinand (Interviewee/Speaker)

Production date

1972

Dimensions

whole: Duration 30, Number Of Items 2

Catalogue number

2791

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