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| This Robert Taylor Print is a rare "Artists Proof", one of only 100 limited edition prints of its type. This print is numbered 85/100. "Having led a squadron in the Spanish campaign, Adolf Galland was an experienced ace by the time World War 2 commenced. Galland fought in the battles of Poland, France and Britian, leading the famous JG 26 Abbeville boys in the west. He flew in combat against the RAF's best including Douglas Bader, Bob Stanford-Tuck, Sailor Malon, and Johnnie Johnson. In 1941, at the age of 29, he was promoted to "Inspector General of the Fighter Arm" a position he held until the end of 1944. In Feb 1942, Hitler selected Galland personally to organise and conduct the fighter escort the spectacular "Channel Dash". He became the youngest general in the German High Command was given responsibility for fighter operations in Sicily just before the Allied landings. As Allied air superiority increased he was also given responsibility for the Night Fighter Arm but never succeeded in convincing Hitler to concentrate the Luftwaffe's entire effort on air defence. Open disagreements with Goering's tactics led to his dismissal. He reverted to combat flying, forming the famous JV 44 wing flying the Me262 jet fighter, to become the only General in history to lead a squadron into battle. With 104 air victories, all in the west, Adolf Galland received the Knights Cross with Oak leaves, Swords and Diamonds". Adolf Galland died in 1996. |
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