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Luftwaffe Ace, Adolf Galland, signed photo collection

Discussion in 'Photographs and Documents' started by nachtjager61, Jul 21, 2010.

  1. nachtjager61

    nachtjager61 Member

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    Galland in middle with Ernst Udet on the left and Werner Molders on the right. Udet was a WWI ace. He was the second-highest scoring German Ace of WWI. He was one of the youngest aces and was the highest scoring German ace to survive the war (at the age of 22). His 62 victories were second only to Manfred von Richthofen "the Red Baron". He became a general during WWII having been asked by Hermann Goring to join the Luftwaffe and he worked on the development of the Stuka dive bomber. On November 17, 1941, Udet committed suicide, shooting himself in the head while on the phone with his girlfriend. Evidence indicates that his unhappy relationship with Göring and the Nazi Party in general was the cause of his mental breakdown.
    Werner Molders was the leading German Ace in the civil war in Spain and he became the first pilot in aviation history to claim 100 aerial victories.
    Ironically Molders was killed in a Ju52 flying accident, as a passenger, while flying to attend Udet's funeral


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    Signed by Galland and Dieter Peltz
     
  2. Artem

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    You can always tell that it's Hitler from that light-weight insignificant looking posture that he has from the back -_-
     
  3. Chef des Todes

    Chef des Todes Flight Medic

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    Agreeded and great post ;)
     

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