Adolf Galland was a loser, much like der Fuhrer.
One can only be glad the Luftwaffe didn't have more losers like that. 705 combat missions, most of them over France, England and the Channel against the RAF, shot down four times (twice in the same day), 104 victories. Whatever else he was the guy walked the walk.
He was up to 96 victories when he was grounded and promoted to General at the end of '41, and flew only unathorized missions against American bombers in '42,'43 and '44. Seven of the remaining eight official victories came after he was allowed to form the Me 262 jet unit in early 1945.
While I'm at it, there was another one, the P47 Thunderbolt. More chopped liver I guess.
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The P-38 over Europe likely killed more P-38 pilots than the Germans did.
The P-47 however, was one of the war's success stories.
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