Adolf Josef Ferdinand Galland (19 March 1912 – 9 February 1996)[1] 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. On four occasions, he survived being shot down, and he was credited with 104 aerial victories, all of them against the Western Allies.
List of aerial victories claimed
editAccording to US historian David T. Zabecki, Galland was credited with 104 aerial victories.[2] Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces – Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 100 aerial victory claims, plus nine further unconfirmed claims, all of which claimed on the Western Front. This figure of confirmed claims includes two four-engined bombers and six victories with the Me 262 jet fighter.[3]
Claim | Date | Time | Type | Location | Claim | Date | Time | Type | Location | ||
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– Stab of Jagdgeschwader 27 –[4] Battle of France — 10 May – 25 June 1940 | |||||||||||
1 | 12 May 1940 | 10:10 | Hurricane | 10 km (6.2 mi) west of Liège[5] | — [Note 1]
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20 May 1940 | 20:50 | Potez 63 | south of Amiens[5] | ||
2 | 12 May 1940 | 10:20 | Hurricane | 18 km (11 mi) south of Liège[5] | 7 | 29 May 1940 | 12:59 | Blenheim | 15 km (9.3 mi) north of Gravelines[5] | ||
3 | 12 May 1940 | 15:50 | Hurricane | 7 km (4.3 mi) east-northeast of Tirlemont[5] | 8 | 29 May 1940 | 13:04 | Blenheim | 30 km (19 mi) northwest of Gravelines[5] | ||
4 | 16 May 1940 | 19:30 | Spitfire | Seclin, 5 km (3.1 mi) south of Lille[5] | 9 | 2 June 1940 | 09:28 | Spitfire | west of Dunkirk[5] | ||
5 | 19 May 1940 | 20:50 | Potez 63 | north of Albert-Méaulte[5] | 10 | 9 June 1940 | 15:55 | Curtiss | east of Rotoy[5] | ||
6 | 19 May 1940 | 21:45 | Potez 63 | southwest of Hirson[5] | 11 | 9 June 1940 | 16:10 | Morane MS 406 | 13 km (8.1 mi) northwest of Meaux[5] | ||
– Stab III. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 26 –[4] Battle of France – 10 May – 25 June 1940 | |||||||||||
12 | 14 June 1940 | 17:15 | Blenheim | 22 km (14 mi) southeast of Vernon[8] | 13 | 14 June 1940 | 17:28 | Defiant | 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Évreux[8] | ||
– Stab III. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 26 –[9] At the Channel and over England – 26 June 1940 – 21 June 1941 | |||||||||||
14 | 24 July 1940 | 13:35 | Spitfire | 30 km (19 mi) northeast of Margate[10] | 18 | 14 August 1940 | 13:30 | Hurricane | southwest of Dover[10] | ||
15 | 25 July 1940 | 16:17 | Spitfire | Dover Harbour[10] | 19 | 15 August 1940 | 12:55 | Spitfire | 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Dover[11] Dover/Folkestone | ||
16?[Note 2] | 28 July 1940 | 15:14 | Spitfire | north-northeast of Dover[10] | 20 | 15 August 1940 | 16:01?[Note 3] | Spitfire | 15 km (9.3 mi) southeast of Folkestone[11] | ||
17 | 12 August 1940 | 12:41?[Note 4] | Hurricane | north-northwest of Margate[10] | 21 | 15 August 1940 | 16:07 | Spitfire | 20 km (12 mi) southeast of Dover[11] | ||
– Stab of Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter" –[14] At the Channel and over England – 26 June 1940 – 21 June 1941 | |||||||||||
22 | 25 August 1940 | 19:50 | Spitfire | Dungeness/Folkestone[15] | 47 | 30 October 1940 | 12:55 | Spitfire | east of London[16] | ||
23 | 28 August 1940 | 10:08 | Defiant | Faversham[15] east of Canterbury |
48 | 30 October 1940 | 17:30 | Spitfire | south of Eastchurch/Maidstone[16] | ||
24 | 31 August 1940 | 09:42 | Curtiss | 20 km (12 mi) southeast of Cambridge[15] | 49 | 30 October 1940 | 17:40 | Spitfire | Canterbury/Maidstone[16] | ||
25 | 31 August 1940 | 18:50 | Spitfire | Gravesend[15] | 50 | 1 November 1940 | 12:50 | Spitfire | west of Ashford[16] | ||
26 | 31 August 1940 | 19:03 | Hurricane | Maidstone[15] | 51 | 14 November 1940 | 15:28 | Spitfire | 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Dover[16] | ||
27 | 1 September 1940 | 14:55?[Note 5] | Spitfire | southeastern edge of London[15] | 52 | 15 November 1940 | 14:15?[Note 6] | Hurricane | Dover[16] | ||
28 | 3 September 1940 | 11:32 | Hurricane | Chelmsford[15] | 53 | 17 November 1940 | 10:20 | Hurricane | west of Harwich[16] 20 km (12 mi) east of sunk lightship | ||
29 | 6 September 1940 | 10:20 | Hurricane | Tonbridge[15] | 54 | 17 November 1940 | 10:27 | Hurricane | Thames Estuary[16] | ||
30 | 11 September 1940 | 16:20 | Hurricane | northwest of Dungeness[15] | 55?[Note 2] | 27 November 1940 | 17:00 | Spitfire | 5 km (3.1 mi) east of Detling[16] | ||
31 | 14 September 1940 | 17:03 | Hurricane | southeastern edge of London[15] | 56 | 28 November 1940 | 15:40 | Hurricane | Dartford[16] | ||
32 | 15 September 1940 | 15:30?[Note 7] | Hurricane | Thames Estuary[15] | 57 | 5 December 1940 | 12:30?[Note 8] | Spitfire | Dover/Dungeness[16] | ||
33 | 18 September 1940 | 13:35 | Hurricane[15] | 58 | 4 April 1941 | 17:50 | Spitfire | Dover/Canterbury[16] | |||
34 | 18 September 1940 | 13:52 | Hurricane | west of Rochester[15] | 59 | 15 April 1941 | 17:50 | Spitfire | Wittering[16] 30 km (19 mi) west of Dover | ||
35 | 18 September 1940 | 13:55 | Hurricane | west of Rochester[15] | 60 | 15 April 1941 | 18:00 | Spitfire | Dover/Margate[16] 3 km (1.9 mi) north of Margate | ||
36 | 20 September 1940 | 12:05 | Spitfire | south of Hornchurch[15] | —
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15 April 1941 | 18:00 | Spitfire | Dover[16] vicinity of Margate | ||
37 | 21 September 1940 | 19:25 | Spitfire | west of Ashford/Canterbury[15] | 61 | 13 June 1941 | 13:15 | Hurricane | 5 km (3.1 mi) west of Dover[16] | ||
38 | 23 September 1940 | 10:45 | Hurricane | north of Rochester[15] | 62 | 13 June 1941 | 13:18 | Hurricane | 10 km (6.2 mi) northeast of Ashford[16] 10 km (6.2 mi) northeast of Dover | ||
39 | 23 September 1940 | 10:45 | Hurricane | north of Rochester[15] | 63 | 16 June 1941 | 16:35 | Hurricane | west of Boulogne[16] | ||
40 | 24 September 1940 | 10:00 | Hurricane | Rochester[16] | 64 | 17 June 1941 | 19:38 | Hurricane | 15 km (9.3 mi) west of Saint-Omer[17] | ||
41 | 30 September 1940 | 18:05 | Hurricane | south of Guildford[16] | 65 | 17 June 1941 | 19:40 | Hurricane | 5 km (3.1 mi) southeast of Boulogne[17] | ||
42 | 10 October 1940 | 10:20 | Spitfire | south of Eastchurch[16] | 66 | 18 June 1941 | 18:18 | Spitfire | 1 km (0.62 mi) east of Ardres[17] | ||
43 | 11 October 1940 | 17:05 | Spitfire | southeast of Chatham[16] Dartford |
67 | 21 June 1941 | 12:32 | Blenheim | south of Saint-Omer[17] | ||
44 | 11 October 1940 | 17:12 | Hurricane | Dartford/Rochester[16] | 68?[Note 2] | 21 June 1941 | 12:36 | Blenheim | Merville[17] north of Saint-Omer | ||
45 | 15 October 1940 | 13:50 | Spitfire | south of Rochester[16] | 69 | 21 June 1941 | 16:37 | Spitfire | north of Etaples[17] | ||
46 | 26 October 1940 | 17:30 | Hurricane | Maidstone/south of London[16] | |||||||
– Stab of Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter" –[18] On the Western Front – 22 June 1941 – 31 December 1941 | |||||||||||
70 | 2 July 1941 | 12:30 | Blenheim | Merville[13] | 83 | 7 September 1941 | 17:19 | Spitfire | 20 km (12 mi) west of Boulogne[6] | ||
71?[Note 2] | 23 July 1941 | 13:35 | Spitfire | 40 km (25 mi) northwest of Gravelines[13] | — [Note 1]
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20 September 1941 | 16:45 | Spitfire | Bergues/Bourbourg[6] | ||
72 | 23 July 1941 | 20:10 | Spitfire | Fruges[13] | — [Note 1]
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20 September 1941 | 16:55 | Spitfire | 6 km (3.7 mi) northwest of Braye-Dunes[6] | ||
73 | 23 July 1941 | 20:15 | Spitfire | Fruges | 84 | 21 September 1941 | 16:23 | Spitfire | Etaples/Montreuil[6] | ||
74 | 7 August 1941 | 11:23 | Spitfire | Lumbres, southwest of Saint-Omer[13] | 85 | 21 September 1941 | 17:35 | Spitfire | south of Dunkirk[6] | ||
75 | 7 August 1941 | 17:40 | Spitfire | 10 km (6.2 mi) northwest of Saint-Omer[13] | 86 | 13 October 1941 | 14:17 | Spitfire | Saint-Omer[6] | ||
— [Note 9]
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7 August 1941 | 17:44 | Spitfire | north of Ardres[13] | 87 | 13 October 1941 | 14:27 | Blenheim | Samer[6] | ||
76 | 9 August 1941 | 11:32 | Spitfire | northwest of Saint-Pol-sur-Mer[13] | 88 | 21 October 1941 | 12:54 | Spitfire | west of Samer[6] | ||
77?[Note 2] | 9 August 1941 | 17:44 | Spitfire | Gravelines[13] north of Ardres |
89 | 21 October 1941 | 12:58 | Spitfire | 6 km (3.7 mi) west of Hardelot[6] | ||
78 | 12 August 1941 | 13:12 | Spitfire | 20–25 km (12–16 mi) west of Vlissingen[13] | 90 | 21 October 1941 | 18:16 | Spitfire | 15 km (9.3 mi) west of Boulogne[6] | ||
79 | 12 August 1941 | 13:18 | Blenheim | west of Haamstede[13] | 91 | 27 October 1941 | 13:25 | Spitfire | south of Dunkirk[6] | ||
— [Note 1]
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19 August 1941 | 11:55 | Spitfire | Bergues[6] | 92 | 8 November 1941 | 12:58 | Spitfire | Montreuil[6] | ||
80 | 19 August 1941 | 19:32 | Spitfire | northwest of Saint-Omer[6] | 93 | 8 November 1941 | 13:00 | Spitfire | 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Hazebrouck[6] | ||
81 | 19 August 1941 | 19:45 | Hurricane | southeast of Gravelines[6] | 94 | 18 November 1941 | 12:32 | Spitfire | 20 km (12 mi) west of Boulogne[6] | ||
82 | 4 September 1941 | 17:30 | Blenheim | north of Saint-Omer[6] | |||||||
– Stab of General der Jagdflieger –[19] | |||||||||||
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9 October 1943 | —
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B-17 | vicinity of Marienburg | —
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8 March 1944 | —
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B-17 | |||
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8 March 1944 | —
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B-17 | ||||||||
– Jagdverband 44 –[19] | |||||||||||
95 | 3 April 1945 | —
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P-38 | 99 | 21 April 1945 | —
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B-17 | vicinity of Munich | |||
96 | 5 April 1945 | —
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B-24 | 100 | 26 April 1945 | 11:50+ | B-26 | vicinity of Neuburg | |||
97 | 16 April 1945 | —
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B-26 | vicinity of Lanberg | —
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26 April 1945 | 11:55~ | B-26 | vicinity of Neuburg | ||
98 | 16 April 1945 | —
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B-26 | vicinity of Lanberg |
Notes
edit- ^ a b c d Prien, Stemmer, Rodeike and Bock consider this claim confirmed.[5][6] Mathews and Foreman list this claim as unconfirmed.[7]
- ^ a b c d e Prien, Stemmer, Rodeike and Bock consider this claim as unconfirmed.[12][13] Mathews and Foreman list this claim as unconfirmed.[3]
- ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 16:00.[14]
- ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 12:30.[14]
- ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 19:55.[14]
- ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 10:28.[14]
- ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 16:50.[14]
- ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 16:40.[14]
- ^ This claim is not listed by Mathews and Foreman.[3]
References
editCitations
edit- ^ Baker 1996, p. v.
- ^ Zabecki 2019, p. 331.
- ^ a b c Mathews & Foreman 2015, pp. 364–366.
- ^ a b Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 364.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Prien et al. 2001, p. 234.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Prien et al. 2003, p. 502.
- ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, pp. 364, 366.
- ^ a b Prien et al. 2001, p. 229.
- ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, pp. 364–365.
- ^ a b c d e Prien et al. 2002, p. 335.
- ^ a b c Prien et al. 2002, p. 336.
- ^ Prien et al. 2002, pp. 274, 275, 335.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Prien et al. 2003, p. 501.
- ^ a b c d e f g Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 365.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Prien et al. 2002, p. 273.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Prien et al. 2002, p. 274.
- ^ a b c d e f Prien et al. 2002, p. 275.
- ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, pp. 365–366.
- ^ a b Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 366.
Bibliography
edit- Baker, David (1996). Adolf Galland: The Authorised Biography. London: Windrow & Green. ISBN 978-1-85915-017-7.
- Mathews, Andrew Johannes; Foreman, John (2015). Luftwaffe Aces – Biographies and Victory Claims – Volume 2 G–L. Walton on Thames: Red Kite. ISBN 978-1-906592-19-6.
- Prien, Jochen; Stemmer, Gerhard; Rodeike, Peter; Bock, Winfried (2001). Die Jagdfliegerverbände der deutschen Luftwaffe 1934 bis 1945 Teil 3—Einsatz in Dänemark und Norwegen 9.4. bis 30.11.1940—Der Feldzug im Westen 10.5. bis 25.6.1940 [Fighter Pilot Association of the German Luftwaffe 1934 to 1945 Part 3—Assignments in Denmark and Norway 9 April to 30 November 1940—The campaign in the West 10 May to 25 June 1940] (in German). Eutin, Germany: Struve-Druck. ISBN 978-3-923457-61-8.
- Prien, Jochen; Stemmer, Gerhard; Rodeike, Peter; Bock, Winfried (2002). Die Jagdfliegerverbände der Deutschen Luftwaffe 1934 bis 1945—Teil 4/I—Einsatz am Kanal und über England—26.6.1940 bis 21.6.1941 [The Fighter Units of the German Air Force 1934 to 1945—Part 4/I—Action at the Channel and over England—26 June 1940 to 21 June 1941] (in German). Eutin, Germany: Struve-Druck. ISBN 978-3-923457-63-2.
- Prien, Jochen; Stemmer, Gerhard; Rodeike, Peter; Bock, Winfried (2003). Die Jagdfliegerverbände der Deutschen Luftwaffe 1934 bis 1945—Teil 5—Heimatverteidigung—10. Mai 1940 bis 31 Dezember 1941—Einsatz im Mittelmeerraum—Oktober 1940 bis November 1941—Einsatz im Westen—22. Juni bis 31. Dezember 1941—Die Ergänzungsjagdgruppen—Einsatz 1941 bis zur Auflösung Anfang 1942 [The Fighter Units of the German Air Force 1934 to 1945—Part 5—Defense of the Reich—10 May 1940 to 31 December 1941—Action in the Mediterranean Theater—October 1940 to November 1941—Action in the West—22 June to 31 December 1941—The Supplementary Fighter Groups—Action from 1941 until their Breakup in Early 1942] (in German). Eutin, Germany: Struve-Druck. ISBN 978-3-923457-68-7.
- Zabecki, David T., ed. (2019). The German War Machine in World War II. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-Clio. ISBN 978-1-44-086918-1.