Adolf Galland: the Authorised Biography; Author: Baker, David; Hardback; Book

Author: Baker, David
Hardback; Book; B&w Photographs and Drawings, 2 Colour Plates
326 pages
Published: September 1996
The Crowood Press
ISBN: 1859150179
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AUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ADOLF GALLAND (1912-1996) WHO WAS THE MOST FAMOUS LUFTWAFFE FIGHTER PILOT OF WORLD WAR II, AND UNTIL HIS DEATH IN FEBRUARY 1996 THE LAST SURVIVING GERMAN SENIOR COMMANDER OF THAT WAR. ALSO WELL KNOWN FOR HIS CAPTURE OF SIR DOUGLAS BADER. THIS BOOK IS ALMOST CERTAINLY THE LAST WORD WHICH WILL EVER BE HEARD FROM THE GENERATION WHICH COMMANDED THE GERMAN FORCES 1939-45.The life story of Adolf Galland, Germany's most famous World War II air force officer. He was the fighter ace who became the youngest general in the Wehrmacht, whose combat career spanned the years from biplanes over Spain to the first operational jet fighters.