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. 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 According to US historian David T. Zabecki, Galland was credited with 104 aerial victories. 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.

Claim Date Time Type Location Claim Date Time Type Location – Stab of Jagdgeschwader 27 –Battle of France — 10 May – 25 June 1940 1 12 May 1940 10:10 Hurricane west of Liège 20 May 1940 20:50 Potez 63 south of Amiens 2 12 May 1940 10:20 Hurricane south of Liège 7 29 May 1940 12:59 Blenheim north of Gravelines 3 12 May 1940 15:50 Hurricane east-northeast of Tirlemont 8 29 May 1940 13:04 Blenheim northwest of Gravelines 4 16 May 1940 19:30 Spitfire Seclin, south of Lille 9 2 June 1940 09:28 Spitfire west of Dunkirk 5 19 May 1940 20:50 Potez 63 north of Albert-Méaulte 10 9 June 1940 15:55 Curtiss east of Rotoy 6 19 May 1940 21:45 Potez 63 southwest of Hirson 11 9 June 1940 16:10 Morane MS 406 northwest of Meaux – Stab III. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 26 –Battle of France – 10 May – 25 June 1940 12 14 June 1940 17:15 Blenheim southeast of Vernon 13 14 June 1940 17:28 Defiant south of Évreux – Stab III. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 26 –At the Channel and over England – 26 June 1940 – 21 June 1941 14 24 July 1940 13:35 Spitfire northeast of Margate 18 14 August 1940 13:30 Hurricane southwest of Dover 15 25 July 1940 16:17 Spitfire Dover Harbour 19 15 August 1940 12:55 Spitfire east of DoverDover/Folkestone 16? 28 July 1940 15:14 Spitfire north-northeast of Dover 20 15 August 1940 16:01? Spitfire southeast of Folkestone 17 12 August 1940 12:41? Hurricane north-northwest of Margate 21 15 August 1940 16:07 Spitfire southeast of Dover – Stab of Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter" –At the Channel and over England – 26 June 1940 – 21 June 1941 22 25 August 1940 19:50 Spitfire Dungeness/Folkestone 47 30 October 1940 12:55 Spitfire east of London 23 28 August 1940 10:08 Defiant Favershameast of Canterbury 48 30 October 1940 17:30 Spitfire south of Eastchurch/Maidstone 24 31 August 1940 09:42 Curtiss southeast of Cambridge 49 30 October 1940 17:40 Spitfire Canterbury/Maidstone 25 31 August 1940 18:50 Spitfire Gravesend 50 1 November 1940 12:50 Spitfire west of Ashford 26 31 August 1940 19:03 Hurricane Maidstone 51 14 November 1940 15:28 Spitfire south of Dover 27 1 September 1940 14:55? Spitfire southeastern edge of London 52 15 November 1940 14:15? Hurricane Dover 28 3 September 1940 11:32 Hurricane Chelmsford 53 17 November 1940 10:20 Hurricane west of Harwich east of sunk lightship 29 6 September 1940 10:20 Hurricane Tonbridge 54 17 November 1940 10:27 Hurricane Thames Estuary 30 11 September 1940 16:20 Hurricane northwest of Dungeness 55? 27 November 1940 17:00 Spitfire east of Detling 31 14 September 1940 17:03 Hurricane southeastern edge of London 56 28 November 1940 15:40 Hurricane Dartford 32 15 September 1940 15:30? Hurricane Thames Estuary 57 5 December 1940 12:30? Spitfire Dover/Dungeness 33 18 September 1940 13:35 Hurricane 58 4 April 1941 17:50 Spitfire Dover/Canterbury 34 18 September 1940 13:52 Hurricane west of Rochester 59 15 April 1941 17:50 Spitfire Wittering west of Dover 35 18 September 1940 13:55 Hurricane west of Rochester 60 15 April 1941 18:00 Spitfire Dover/Margate north of Margate 36 20 September 1940 12:05 Spitfire south of Hornchurch 15 April 1941 18:00 Spitfire Dovervicinity of Margate 37 21 September 1940 19:25 Spitfire west of Ashford/Canterbury 61 13 June 1941 13:15 Hurricane west of Dover 38 23 September 1940 10:45 Hurricane north of Rochester 62 13 June 1941 13:18 Hurricane northeast of Ashford northeast of Dover 39 23 September 1940 10:45 Hurricane north of Rochester 63 16 June 1941 16:35 Hurricane west of Boulogne 40 24 September 1940 10:00 Hurricane Rochester 64 17 June 1941 19:38 Hurricane west of Saint-Omer 41 30 September 1940 18:05 Hurricane south of Guildford 65 17 June 1941 19:40 Hurricane southeast of Boulogne 42 10 October 1940 10:20 Spitfire south of Eastchurch 66 18 June 1941 18:18 Spitfire east of Ardres 43 11 October 1940 17:05 Spitfire southeast of ChathamDartford 67 21 June 1941 12:32 Blenheim south of Saint-Omer 44 11 October 1940 17:12 Hurricane Dartford/Rochester 68? 21 June 1941 12:36 Blenheim Mervillenorth of Saint-Omer 45 15 October 1940 13:50 Spitfire south of Rochester 69 21 June 1941 16:37 Spitfire north of Etaples 46 26 October 1940 17:30 Hurricane Maidstone/south of London – Stab of Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter" –On the Western Front – 22 June 1941 – 31 December 1941 70 2 July 1941 12:30 Blenheim Merville 83 7 September 1941 17:19 Spitfire west of Boulogne 71? 23 July 1941 13:35 Spitfire northwest of Gravelines 20 September 1941 16:45 Spitfire Bergues/Bourbourg 72 23 July 1941 20:10 Spitfire Fruges 20 September 1941 16:55 Spitfire northwest of Braye-Dunes 73 23 July 1941 20:15 Spitfire Fruges 84 21 September 1941 16:23 Spitfire Etaples/Montreuil 74 7 August 1941 11:23 Spitfire Lumbres, southwest of Saint-Omer 85 21 September 1941 17:35 Spitfire south of Dunkirk 75 7 August 1941 17:40 Spitfire northwest of Saint-Omer 86 13 October 1941 14:17 Spitfire Saint-Omer 7 August 1941 17:44 Spitfire north of Ardres 87 13 October 1941 14:27 Blenheim Samer 76 9 August 1941 11:32 Spitfire northwest of Saint-Pol-sur-Mer 88 21 October 1941 12:54 Spitfire west of Samer 77? 9 August 1941 17:44 Spitfire Gravelinesnorth of Ardres 89 21 October 1941 12:58 Spitfire west of Hardelot 78 12 August 1941 13:12 Spitfire west of Vlissingen 90 21 October 1941 18:16 Spitfire west of Boulogne 79 12 August 1941 13:18 Blenheim west of Haamstede 91 27 October 1941 13:25 Spitfire south of Dunkirk 19 August 1941 11:55 Spitfire Bergues 92 8 November 1941 12:58 Spitfire Montreuil 80 19 August 1941 19:32 Spitfire northwest of Saint-Omer 93 8 November 1941 13:00 Spitfire south of Hazebrouck 81 19 August 1941 19:45 Hurricane southeast of Gravelines 94 18 November 1941 12:32 Spitfire west of Boulogne 82 4 September 1941 17:30 Blenheim north of Saint-Omer – Stab of General der Jagdflieger – 9 October 1943 B-17 vicinity of Marienburg 8 March 1944 B-17 8 March 1944 B-17 – Jagdverband 44 – 95 3 April 1945 P-38 99 21 April 1945 B-17 vicinity of Munich 96 5 April 1945 B-24 100 26 April 1945 11:50+ B-26 vicinity of Neuburg 97 16 April 1945 B-26 vicinity of Lanberg 26 April 1945 11:55~ B-26 vicinity of Neuburg 98 16 April 1945 B-26 vicinity of Lanberg

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