List of aerial victories claimed by Adolf Galland

Main article: Adolf Galland
Galland as Oberstleutnant

Adolf Josef Ferdinand Galland (19 March 1912 – 9 February 1996)[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

  This and the – (dash) indicates unconfirmed aerial victory claims for which Galland did not receive credit.
  This and the ? (question mark) indicates information discrepancies listed by Prien, Stemmer, Rodeike, Bock, Mathews and Foreman.
Claim Date Time Type Location Claim Date Time Type Location
– Stab of Jagdgeschwader 27 –[4]
Battle of France — 10 May – 25 June 1940
1 12 May 1940 10:10 Hurricane 10 km (6.2 mi) west of Liège[5]
—
[Note 1] 		20 May 1940 20:50 Potez 63 south of Amiens[5]
2 12 May 1940 10:20 Hurricane 18 km (11 mi) south of Liège[5] 7 29 May 1940 12:59 Blenheim 15 km (9.3 mi) north of Gravelines[5]
3 12 May 1940 15:50 Hurricane 7 km (4.3 mi) east-northeast of Tirlemont[5] 8 29 May 1940 13:04 Blenheim 30 km (19 mi) northwest of Gravelines[5]
4 16 May 1940 19:30 Spitfire Seclin, 5 km (3.1 mi) south of Lille[5] 9 2 June 1940 09:28 Spitfire west of Dunkirk[5]
5 19 May 1940 20:50 Potez 63 north of Albert-Méaulte[5] 10 9 June 1940 15:55 Curtiss east of Rotoy[5]
6 19 May 1940 21:45 Potez 63 southwest of Hirson[5] 11 9 June 1940 16:10 Morane MS 406 13 km (8.1 mi) northwest of Meaux[5]
– Stab III. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 26 –[4]
Battle of France – 10 May – 25 June 1940
12 14 June 1940 17:15 Blenheim 22 km (14 mi) southeast of Vernon[8] 13 14 June 1940 17:28 Defiant 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Évreux[8]
– Stab III. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 26 –[9]
At the Channel and over England – 26 June 1940 – 21 June 1941
14 24 July 1940 13:35 Spitfire 30 km (19 mi) northeast of Margate[10] 18 14 August 1940 13:30 Hurricane southwest of Dover[10]
15 25 July 1940 16:17 Spitfire Dover Harbour[10] 19 15 August 1940 12:55 Spitfire 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Dover[11]
Dover/Folkestone
16?[Note 2] 28 July 1940 15:14 Spitfire north-northeast of Dover[10] 20 15 August 1940 16:01?[Note 3] Spitfire 15 km (9.3 mi) southeast of Folkestone[11]
17 12 August 1940 12:41?[Note 4] Hurricane north-northwest of Margate[10] 21 15 August 1940 16:07 Spitfire 20 km (12 mi) southeast of Dover[11]
– Stab of Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter" –[14]
At the Channel and over England – 26 June 1940 – 21 June 1941
22 25 August 1940 19:50 Spitfire Dungeness/Folkestone[15] 47 30 October 1940 12:55 Spitfire east of London[16]
23 28 August 1940 10:08 Defiant Faversham[15]
east of Canterbury 		48 30 October 1940 17:30 Spitfire south of Eastchurch/Maidstone[16]
24 31 August 1940 09:42 Curtiss 20 km (12 mi) southeast of Cambridge[15] 49 30 October 1940 17:40 Spitfire Canterbury/Maidstone[16]
25 31 August 1940 18:50 Spitfire Gravesend[15] 50 1 November 1940 12:50 Spitfire west of Ashford[16]
26 31 August 1940 19:03 Hurricane Maidstone[15] 51 14 November 1940 15:28 Spitfire 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Dover[16]
27 1 September 1940 14:55?[Note 5] Spitfire southeastern edge of London[15] 52 15 November 1940 14:15?[Note 6] Hurricane Dover[16]
28 3 September 1940 11:32 Hurricane Chelmsford[15] 53 17 November 1940 10:20 Hurricane west of Harwich[16]
20 km (12 mi) east of sunk lightship
29 6 September 1940 10:20 Hurricane Tonbridge[15] 54 17 November 1940 10:27 Hurricane Thames Estuary[16]
30 11 September 1940 16:20 Hurricane northwest of Dungeness[15] 55?[Note 2] 27 November 1940 17:00 Spitfire 5 km (3.1 mi) east of Detling[16]
31 14 September 1940 17:03 Hurricane southeastern edge of London[15] 56 28 November 1940 15:40 Hurricane Dartford[16]
32 15 September 1940 15:30?[Note 7] Hurricane Thames Estuary[15] 57 5 December 1940 12:30?[Note 8] Spitfire Dover/Dungeness[16]
33 18 September 1940 13:35 Hurricane[15] 58 4 April 1941 17:50 Spitfire Dover/Canterbury[16]
34 18 September 1940 13:52 Hurricane west of Rochester[15] 59 15 April 1941 17:50 Spitfire Wittering[16]
30 km (19 mi) west of Dover
35 18 September 1940 13:55 Hurricane west of Rochester[15] 60 15 April 1941 18:00 Spitfire Dover/Margate[16]
3 km (1.9 mi) north of Margate
36 20 September 1940 12:05 Spitfire south of Hornchurch[15]
—
 15 April 1941 18:00 Spitfire Dover[16]
vicinity of Margate
37 21 September 1940 19:25 Spitfire west of Ashford/Canterbury[15] 61 13 June 1941 13:15 Hurricane 5 km (3.1 mi) west of Dover[16]
38 23 September 1940 10:45 Hurricane north of Rochester[15] 62 13 June 1941 13:18 Hurricane 10 km (6.2 mi) northeast of Ashford[16]
10 km (6.2 mi) northeast of Dover
39 23 September 1940 10:45 Hurricane north of Rochester[15] 63 16 June 1941 16:35 Hurricane west of Boulogne[16]
40 24 September 1940 10:00 Hurricane Rochester[16] 64 17 June 1941 19:38 Hurricane 15 km (9.3 mi) west of Saint-Omer[17]
41 30 September 1940 18:05 Hurricane south of Guildford[16] 65 17 June 1941 19:40 Hurricane 5 km (3.1 mi) southeast of Boulogne[17]
42 10 October 1940 10:20 Spitfire south of Eastchurch[16] 66 18 June 1941 18:18 Spitfire 1 km (0.62 mi) east of Ardres[17]
43 11 October 1940 17:05 Spitfire southeast of Chatham[16]
Dartford 		67 21 June 1941 12:32 Blenheim south of Saint-Omer[17]
44 11 October 1940 17:12 Hurricane Dartford/Rochester[16] 68?[Note 2] 21 June 1941 12:36 Blenheim Merville[17]
north of Saint-Omer
45 15 October 1940 13:50 Spitfire south of Rochester[16] 69 21 June 1941 16:37 Spitfire north of Etaples[17]
46 26 October 1940 17:30 Hurricane Maidstone/south of London[16]
– Stab of Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter" –[18]
On the Western Front – 22 June 1941 – 31 December 1941
70 2 July 1941 12:30 Blenheim Merville[13] 83 7 September 1941 17:19 Spitfire 20 km (12 mi) west of Boulogne[6]
71?[Note 2] 23 July 1941 13:35 Spitfire 40 km (25 mi) northwest of Gravelines[13]
—
[Note 1] 		20 September 1941 16:45 Spitfire Bergues/Bourbourg[6]
72 23 July 1941 20:10 Spitfire Fruges[13]
—
[Note 1] 		20 September 1941 16:55 Spitfire 6 km (3.7 mi) northwest of Braye-Dunes[6]
73 23 July 1941 20:15 Spitfire Fruges 84 21 September 1941 16:23 Spitfire Etaples/Montreuil[6]
74 7 August 1941 11:23 Spitfire Lumbres, southwest of Saint-Omer[13] 85 21 September 1941 17:35 Spitfire south of Dunkirk[6]
75 7 August 1941 17:40 Spitfire 10 km (6.2 mi) northwest of Saint-Omer[13] 86 13 October 1941 14:17 Spitfire Saint-Omer[6]
—
[Note 9] 		7 August 1941 17:44 Spitfire north of Ardres[13] 87 13 October 1941 14:27 Blenheim Samer[6]
76 9 August 1941 11:32 Spitfire northwest of Saint-Pol-sur-Mer[13] 88 21 October 1941 12:54 Spitfire west of Samer[6]
77?[Note 2] 9 August 1941 17:44 Spitfire Gravelines[13]
north of Ardres 		89 21 October 1941 12:58 Spitfire 6 km (3.7 mi) west of Hardelot[6]
78 12 August 1941 13:12 Spitfire 20–25 km (12–16 mi) west of Vlissingen[13] 90 21 October 1941 18:16 Spitfire 15 km (9.3 mi) west of Boulogne[6]
79 12 August 1941 13:18 Blenheim west of Haamstede[13] 91 27 October 1941 13:25 Spitfire south of Dunkirk[6]
—
[Note 1] 		19 August 1941 11:55 Spitfire Bergues[6] 92 8 November 1941 12:58 Spitfire Montreuil[6]
80 19 August 1941 19:32 Spitfire northwest of Saint-Omer[6] 93 8 November 1941 13:00 Spitfire 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Hazebrouck[6]
81 19 August 1941 19:45 Hurricane southeast of Gravelines[6] 94 18 November 1941 12:32 Spitfire 20 km (12 mi) west of Boulogne[6]
82 4 September 1941 17:30 Blenheim north of Saint-Omer[6]
– Stab of General der Jagdflieger –[19]
—
 9 October 1943
—
 B-17 vicinity of Marienburg
—
 8 March 1944
—
 B-17
—
 8 March 1944
—
 B-17
– Jagdverband 44 –[19]
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

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Prien, Stemmer, Rodeike and Bock consider this claim confirmed.[5][6] Mathews and Foreman list this claim as unconfirmed.[7]
  2. ^ a b c d e Prien, Stemmer, Rodeike and Bock consider this claim as unconfirmed.[12][13] Mathews and Foreman list this claim as unconfirmed.[3]
  3. ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 16:00.[14]
  4. ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 12:30.[14]
  5. ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 19:55.[14]
  6. ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 10:28.[14]
  7. ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 16:50.[14]
  8. ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 16:40.[14]
  9. ^ This claim is not listed by Mathews and Foreman.[3]

References

Citations

  1. ^ Baker 1996, p. v.
  2. ^ Zabecki 2019, p. 331.
  3. ^ a b c Mathews & Foreman 2015, pp. 364–366.
  4. ^ a b Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 364.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Prien et al. 2001, p. 234.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Prien et al. 2003, p. 502.
  7. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, pp. 364, 366.
  8. ^ a b Prien et al. 2001, p. 229.
  9. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, pp. 364–365.
  10. ^ a b c d e Prien et al. 2002, p. 335.
  11. ^ a b c Prien et al. 2002, p. 336.
  12. ^ Prien et al. 2002, pp. 274, 275, 335.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Prien et al. 2003, p. 501.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 365.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Prien et al. 2002, p. 273.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Prien et al. 2002, p. 274.
  17. ^ a b c d e f Prien et al. 2002, p. 275.
  18. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, pp. 365–366.
  19. ^ a b Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 366.

Bibliography

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