Formerly WD359, it was owned for many years by the founder of the Chipmunk club, Ralph Steiner and once flown by WWII fighter ace Adolf Galland. Ironically the Chipmunk was the platform for selection ...

Adolf Galland, was a famous and influential German Luftwaffe general and flying ace who served throughout the Second World War in Europe. He flew 705 combat missions in the Defence of the Reich.

Yet, it was considered a “beautiful plane” by ace pilots such as Luftwaffe ace Adolf Galland, and British test pilots remarked on its superb handling—a testament to what might have been.

Adolf Galland, a fearless, cigar-chomping flyer, was the youngest major general in German history. He learned to fly a glider in the post-Versailles days when the Germans were forbidden an air force.

Working in the 1960s at a time when many former RAF and Lufwaffe pilots were still around, the producers were able to bring in several well-known veterans as advisors, including Adolf Galland and Bob ...

Luftwaffe ace Adolf Galland famously replied, “I should like an outfit of Spitfires.” “Once committed to action, the Poles flew and fought superbly, shooting down 203 enemy aircraft for the ...

One change in Nazi command was apparently for merit alone: the Luftwaffe’s new fighter chief, 30-year-old Gen eral Adolf Galland, was credited with upward of 100 enemy planes, had won the ...

Adolf Galland—Holf ($4.95). War memoirs fall generally into two classes—front-line yarns and headquarters stories. This book, written by one of those fast-rising, baby air generals people ...

No wonder, asked what he needed to win the battle, Oberstleutnant Adolf Galland (Knight's Cross and Oak Leaves and Swords) turned to his bejeweled Field Marshal Goering with one word: "Spitfires." ...