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Adolf Galland

Early Career

Adolf Galland was born on 19 March 1912 at Westerholt near Essen in Westphalia, where his father, continuing in the profession of earlier generations of the Galland family, managed the country estate owned by Count Graf von Westerholt. The young Adolf Galland spent his early schooldays in Westerholt, and his later academic studies were completed at the Hindenburg Gymnasium in Bilr.

Adolf Galland was 14 when, in early 1927, a group of sailplane enthusiasts brought their gliders to a corner of the Westerholt estate and first sparked in him an overwhelming enthusiasm to fly. By the time Galland was 17 years of age, he was a glider pilot in the DLV (Deutscher Luftsportverband - German Air Sport Association) and, in February 1932, he entered the Deutsche Fliegerschule (German Flying School) at Braunschweig. Between July and September, 1933 Galland attended a secret flying course in Italy and subsequently became a pilot with Deutsche Luft Hansa - the German airline - flying JuG-24 and Rohrbach Roland aircraft, mainly on the Stuttgart-Geneva-Marseilles-Barcelona routes.

When Adolf Hitler came to power and created a new air force, volunteers with flying experience were urgently sought and Galland joined the new clandestine air force. After basic training at Schleissheim, he qualified as a fighter pilot and, on 1 January 1935, the newly commissioned Leutnant Galland was posted to JG132 'Richthofen', then equipped with Ar 65 aircraft, though later to receive the He-51.After two flying accidents, Galland faced the unwelcome prospect of being forced to leave the Luftwaffe. However, by devious means, he managed to convince the medical authorities that he was indeed fit for flying duties - though, in fact, he suffered a minor sight deficiency in his left eye - and succeeded in retaining his position in the Luftwaffe.

When the Spanish Civil War broke out in 1936, Galland volunteered to join the Legion Condor. He arrived in Spain on 8 May 1937, at which time he was nearly 25, but he had to wait two months before he could fly with his assigned unit, the I./J88. From the Summer of 1937 he led the 3./J88, a Staffel equipped with obsolescent He-51 biplane fighters which, as they were no match against the superior Soviet Polikarpov 1-16 monoplanes, were employed in the ground-attack role, principally strafing enemy ground forces.

After a year in Spain - twice the amount of time spent by any other pilot - and after flying 280 missions, Galland returned to Germany in August, 1938. He was then an experienced formation leader and, in view of the role his unit had played in Spain, he was instructed to prepare numerous reports for the Reichslujtministerium to ensure that his expertise in the ground-attack role was passed on to future Schlachtflieger. Such a desk-bound position, however, was not at all to Galland's liking and in November, 1938, he was able to leave the RIM, only to find himself posted back to the ground-attack force in the Summer of 1939 when, just before the invasion of Poland, he was ordered to lead the 4. Staffel of II.(Schlacht)/LG2, a ground-attack unit based at Tutow and equipped with Hs-123s.

On 1 October, 1939, after the Polish campaign - which proved the importance of effective ground-support operations - Galland was awarded the Iron Cross, Second Class, and promoted to the rank of Hauptmann. In April 1940, he succeeded in being transferred back to fighters and was assigned to the Stab IJG27 as Operations Officer. As the inactivity of the so-called Phony War dragged on over several months, Galland was meanwhile able to arrange a temporary transfer to Stab III./JG53 in order to join his comrade Werner Molders, whom he had met in Spain, Galland returning to JG27 only a few days before the opening of the Westfeldzug, the campaign in the West.

During the invasion of France and Belgium, Galland shot down two RAF Hurricanes from 87Sqn. Unfortunately, in his autobiography, Galland incorrectly referred to these aircraft, which fell south of Liege, as Belgian Hurricanes, inadvertently creating a myth which some authors insist on perpetuating to the present day. In fact, all Belgian Hurricanes had already been destroyed in the first two days of the invasion.

Galland subsequently went on to claim many other victories during the campaign in the West. A Spitfire fell to his guns south of Sedan on 16 May; two French Potez 63-11 s on 19 May; another Potez south of Amiens on 20 May; two Bristol Blenheims over Dunkirk on 29 May and a Spitfire over Dunkirk on 2 June. On 3 June - the day of the infamous Operation Pau1a, when 300 bombers and dive-bombers attacked Armee de Fair airfields and French aircraft factories in and around Paris - he claimed a further two French aircraft shot down. On 20 May, Galland was awarded the Iron Cross, First Class, and at the same time left Stab/JG27 to become Kommandeur of III/JG26. His last two victories in the Western campaign, a Blenheim and a Defiant south of Evreux, were claimed on 14 June.

After the fall of France, III/JG26 returned to its home base at Munchengladbach in Germany in order to rest its personnel andoverhau1 and service its equipment. On 18 July, Galland was promoted to the rank of Major and, two days later, III./JG26 was ordered to move back to France where it was to be based on the coast at Caffiers, some 11 kilometers south-east of Wissant in the Pas de Calais, in preparation for the assault against Great Britain.

The III./JG26 flew its first sorties of the Battle of Britain on 24 July, when Galland's 40 Bf109s escorted 18 Do-17s briefed to attack a convoy. During this mission, Galland shot down a Spitfire of 54Squadron P/O John Allen, a successful pilot credited with 8 victories. The following day, Galland shot down another Spitfire over Dover and a third on the 28th, bringing his score to 17. For these victories, Galland was awarded the coveted Ritterkreuz on 1 August, at that time only the fourth fighter pilot to be so decorated.

During a Stuka escort mission on 14 August, Galland claimed a Hurricane shot down and three Spitfires the following day. On the 17th, the young Gruppenkommandeur, together with Werner Molders, the Kommodore of JG51, was summoned by Goring to Karinhall. There, Galland learned that the Reichsmarschall had decided to replace the older Geschwaderkommodoren, many of whom, like Osterkamp and von Bulow-Bothkamp had flown in the First World War, with younger fighter pilots. Consequently, at the age of only 28, Galland was appointed Kommodore of JG26.

Eichenlaubtrager

Despite his new responsibilities, Galland continued to fly and claim further victories; a Spitfire on 25 August, a Defiant on the 27th and three Spitfires on the 31st. In the first twenty days of September, Major Galland claimed 12 kills against RAF Hurricanes and Spitfires. A Hurricane shot down on 24 September and believed to have been P/O Harold Bird-Wilson of 17Sqn, brought Galland's total claims to 40 Luftsiegen. With this number of victories and less than two months after he had been awarded the RK, Galland was called to the Fuhrer's Headquarters where, as only the third member of the Wehrmacht to receive this decoration, he was presented with the Oak Leaves.

Returning to JG26, Galland claimed his 45th victory on 15 October while flying escort to his former unit of the Polish campaign, II.(Schlacht)/LG2, since equipped with Bf109Es and then flying Jabo sorties to bomb London. Promoted to Oberstleutnant on 1 November, Galland claimed his 57th victory on 5 December. At that time he was the highest-scoring Luftwaffe pilot, but this was also his last victory of the year since deteriorating weather conditions during the winter of 1940-41 temporarily curtailed further fighter operations.

In early 1941, the air-war changed when German plans to invade Great Britain were abandoned and the Wehrmacht turned its attention first to the Balkans and later to Russia. In the West, only a small number of fighters remained, mainly operating in a defensive role against RAF intruder missions. In March, JG26 was dispersed over various French airfields in Brittany, mainly in defence of Brest harbor. Galland claimed his first victory of 1942 on 4 April when he shot down a Spitfire of 91Sqn, believed to have been Sgt. Jack Mann, a pilot credited with five confirmed victories plus three unconfirmed. On 15 April, while flying with his Katschmarek to visitjafu 2 (Gen. Osterkamp), the pair made a short detour en route and over the English coast Galland succeeded in downing two, possibly three, Spitfires.

JG26 was then transferred to airfields in Belgium and Northern France and on 21 June, Galland claimed two Blenheims and one Spitfire, but on the same day was shot down twice. On the first occasion he safely force-landed his damaged aircraft, but when shot down the second time he was wounded and had to bail out of his blazing machine.

With 70 victories, Galland was once more called to Hitler's HQ where he received the Oak Leaves with Swords, the first recipient of only 159 ever awarded. However, this high honor brought with it an order from Hitler forbidding Galland to continue flying but, with his usual resourcefulness, he was able to circumvent this restriction. By interpreting Hitler's order to mean operational flying and, on the pretext that he was only testing his unit's new Bf 109F-3 and F-4 aircraft, Galland continued to fly and in this way justified his increasing score.

General der Jagdflieger

With 97 victories, Galland learned of the death of his comrade Oberst Werner Molders, killed when the He-111 in which he was a passenger crashed on 22 November 1941. On 5 December 1942, with the rank of Generalleutnant, Galland attended a farewell ceremony at Audembert in Northern France, where he left JG26 and became Molder's successor as General der Jagdflieger. He was then 30 years of age and the youngest General in the Wehrmacht. On 28 January 1942, he became only the second recipient of the Diamonds to the Knight's Cross. Early in his new position, Galland was responsible for some of the Luftwaffe's most daring and successful operations. He planned the air cover for the battle-cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen during the so-called Channel Dash when, in February 1942, all three ships sailed up the English Channel to ports in Germany. Later, he was responsible for the reinforcement of the German fighter arm in Russia and the transfer of fighters to the Mediterranean theatre for operations against Malta. However, with the growing strength of Allied air power and under the most severe pressure and unrealistic demands, Galland became increasingly isolated from his superiors who issued orders which bore little resemblance to reality. During the Allied invasion of Sicily, where JG53 and JG77 bore the brunt of the fighting, Goring became especially angry, demanding aerial victories from German fighter pilots totally overwhelmed by Allied air power and accusing them of cowardice when, despite their best efforts, this proved impossible.

Dismissal

In 1944, as the situation worsened, Galland clashed increasingly with Goring who blamed him personally for the failures of the Jagdflieger. Eventually, when the whole of the Fighter Arm was disgraced and Galland was dismissed from his post, Goring tried to have him arrested and he was saved due only to Hitler's personal intervention. Thereafter, Galland again flew fighters, organising his own jet unit, JV 44. Despite the difficulties of introducing the radically new Me-262 to service in a rapidly deteriorating situation in which the inevitable final collapse of the Third Reich grew ever closer, Galland was able to score further victories. He flew his last sortie on 26April 1945, when, after scoring his last two victories - his 103rd and 104th - he was wounded and had to make an emergency landing on Miinchen-Riem airfield. In hospital when the war ended, Galland was made a PoW.

Taken to Great Britain for detailed interrogation by British and US intelligence officers, Galland was eventually released in May 1947. The following year he left Europe for Argentina where he helped raise a modern air force for President Peron. Returning to Germany after seven years in South America, Galland later set up his own company - an aviation consultancy - which he headed until advancing years and failing health forced him into retirement.

During his lifetime, Generalleutnant a.D. Adolf Galland, holder of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds, succeeded in gaining the respect not only of his comrades, but also of his former enemies. He died on 9 February 1996, little more than a month before his 84th birthday, and was buried at the church of St. Laurentius in Bonn-Oberwinter.

Adolf 'Dolfo' Galland was born on 19 March 1912 at Westerholt, Westphalia. At the age of 17 he started flying gliders. He began flying for Lufthansa after graduating from the German Commercial Air Transport School at Brunswick. This was at a time when the German Air Arm was created, following Hitler's rise to power, and students were sent clandestinely to the Soviet Union and Italy. In February 1934, he joined the Luftwaffe, an accomplished pilot and instructor, at the Fighter Pilot School at Munich-Schleissheim. By April 1935 he was a fighter pilot with Jagdgeschwader 2 'Richtofen'.

In 1937, he volunteered for service with the Condor Legion in Spain. Galland was put in command of 3 Staffel of J/88, equipped with the Heinkel He-51 biplanes, which were used in the ground attack and support role. He distinguished himself, especially on the Asturias, Teruel and Ebro fronts, completing 280 combat sorties before being relieved by Werner Mölders in mid-1938. He had met Mölders in the hotel 'Cristina' where they were billeted, and they were to become firm friends. Galland's many original contributions to ground support techniques brought him to the attention of the Luftwaffe High Command. However, his reward for the innovative work in Spain was flying a desk in the Air Ministry working out directives for the organisation of close support units and the training of fighter pilots in direct support operations. When World War 2 broke out Oberleutnant Galland was a Staffelkapitän of 4.(S)/LG2 equipped with the Henschel Hs 123, a biplane Stuka. He took part in the invasion of Poland flying 50 ground attack missions. Galland was awarded the Iron Cross, Second Class for his efforts. Galland was posted away to JG27 at Krefeld, arriving there on 15 February 1940. He was assigned to the Geschwaderstab and assumed the role of Geschwader Adjutant. On 12 May, west of Liege, Belgium, he scored his first aerial victory. Two more victories followed that day. All three victims were RAF Hurricanes. By the end of the French campaign he had accumulated 14 victories. On 6 June 1940, Hauptmann Galland was appointed Gruppenkommandeur of III./JG26. Promoted Major on 18 July, Galland stayed with III./JG26 through the Battle of Britain.

On 24 July, Galland led III./JG26 over the north coast of the Thames Estuary. Here they engaged Spitfires and Galland was able to shoot one down to the north of Margate. He had shot down the British ace P/O 'Johnny' Allen (7.333 confirmed and 5 unconfirmed destroyed victories) of 56Sqn, RAF, who was killed in the crash-landing that followed this combat. On 28 July, RAF fighters were scrambled to intercept a large German bomber formation headed for Dover. When confronted by the RAF fighters, the German bomber formation promptly headed for home. The RAF fighters were thus left to combat the escorting German fighters of I. and II./JG51 and III./JG26. Galland claimed a Spitfire shot down near Dover for his 17th victory. He had shot down another British ace, Sub-Lt Francis Dawson-Paul (7.25 confirmed and 1 unconfirmed destroyed and 1 damaged victories), a Royal Navy pilot on loan to the RAF.

Dawson-Paul was shot down into the Channel where he was picked up by a German E-boat, but he died from the wounds received in this combat on 30 July. Galland was awarded the Ritterkreuz on 1 August for 17 victories. It is thought he again shot down a notable RAF pilot on 15 August, when he brought down the New Zealand ace F/Lt 'Al' Deere (17.333 confirmed and 2.5 unconfirmed destroyed, 4 probable and 7.5 damaged victories) of 54Sqn, RAF. Deere baled out of his Spitfire between Dover and Folkestone.

On 24 September, Galland downed his 40th victim, another notable RAF pilot, Harold Bird-Wilson (5.2 destroyed, 3 probable and 3 damaged victories) of 17Sqn, RAF who baled out badly burned near Chatham. Galland was awarded the newly instituted Eichenlauben on 25 September.

By the end of September he had 42 victories. On 1 November 1940, Galland was promoted to Oberstleutnant and given command of JG26. He had 50 victories to his credit. JG26 was escorting the Bf 110 fighter bombers of EprGr 210 on a raid of Martlesham Heath on 17 November. The formation was intercepted by RAF Hurricanes. In the ensuing combat, Galland claimed a Hurricane shot down. The pilot, ace Count Manfred Czernin (17 destroyed, 3.5 probable and 3.833 damaged victories) of 17Sqn, RAF, baled out unhurt. On 21 June 1941, Galland shot down a Spitfire east of Boulogne. He, in turn, was shot down, by the Polish ace Boleslaw Drobinski (7.133/1.333/0 victories) of 303Sqn, RAF, and baled out wounded. Shortly after, he was awarded the Schwerten to his Ritterkreuz. Galland had, by now, been ordered by Hitler and Göring not to fly combat missions. However, he disregarded these orders and continued to rack up aerial victories. On the death of Oberst Werner Mölders (115 victories, RK-Br) on 22 November 1941, Galland was named General der Jagdflieger. Before settling into his new job, Oberst Galland directed the fighter protection for the Channel dash of the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, from Brest.

Operation Donnerkeil was a striking success. He was awarded the Brillanten to his Ritterkreuz on 28 January 1942 with his victory tally at 94. As General der Jagdflieger, he commanded a small unit operating Fw 190s. He flew about 10 combat missions and, it is thought, he gained two victories over USAAF B-17 bombers during 1944. It remains unsure whether his claims during this period were submitted or confirmed. Stab G.d.J claimed two B-17s shot down on 8 March 1944 and it is thought Galland may have been one of the claimants. Galland became one of the most controversial figures of his time through his skirmishes with Reichsmarschal Göring and his frank addresses to Hitler when he emphasized the need for more fighters to oppose the increasingly intense allied bombing raids over Germany. Galland's contemporaries in combat commands eventually began planning to force Göring's resignation, by seeking an audience with Hitler. Although Galland took no direct part in such activities, he was aware that all this was in train. In the denouement, Göring attributed the incipient mutiny to Galland, sacked him and prepared a trial in which blame for the collapse of the Jagdwaffe would be directed to the General der Jagdflieger. Hitler intervened but then insisted, as an end to the 'Galland affair', that he be given command of a unit of jet fighters. Galland led JV 44 until 26 April 1945 gaining up to seven victories flying the Me 262 jet fighter. On this day Generalleutnant Galland led 12 rocket-equipped Me 262s from München-Reim to intercept a formation of B-26 medium bombers targetting the airfield at Lechfeld. He claimed two of the bombers, but with cannon-fire rather than the rockets with which his Me 262 was armed. During his initial approach, Galland had failed to deactivate a safety switch which prevented him from firing the rockets. During his attacks on the bombers, Galland's Me 262 was struck by return fire. Disengaging from the bombers, he was bounced by a P-47 1st Lt James J Finnegan of the 50th Fighter Group, USAAF. Galland was wounded in the right knee and his aircraft received further damage. He was able to bring his crippled jet back to München-Reim and successfully land, albeit with a flat nose wheel tyre. He was forced to leap from his aircraft and take shelter because the airfield was under attack by American fighters. The wound suffered in this encounter were serious enough to end his combat flying. Galland surrendered himself to American forces at Tegernsee on 5 May 1945.

He was held in military custody for two years. He was released in 1947. In October 1948, Galland took a position with the Argentine Air Force. There followed many offers to act as consultant to armament firms who would equip the new Luftwaffe. He made his choices and settled down to prosperous and lively decades as a businessman. In his final years he divided his time between his home in Germany and his bungalow by the Alicante coast of Spain. Adolf Galland passed away on 9 February 1996 at Remagen-Oberwinter. Adolf Galland achieved 104 aerial victories in 705 missions, all on the Western front. Included in his score are at least seven victories flying the Me 262 and four four-engined bombers. He was himself shot down four times.

Asisbiz database list of aerial victories for Adolf Galland

No	Date	Time	A/c Type	Unit	Location	Comments
1	12.5.1940	10:10	Hurricane	Stab JG27	10 km W Lüttich	Hurricane I (L1970) of 87Sqn RAF flown by F/O J A Campbell, killed
2	12.5.1940	10:20	Hurricane	Stab JG27	18 km S Lüttich	Hurricane I (L1632) of 87Sqn RAF flown by Sgt F V Howell, baled out
3	12.5.1940	15:50	Hurricane	Stab JG27	7 km EEN Tirlemont
4	16.5.1940	19:30	Spitfire	Stab JG27	5 km S Lille
5	19.5.1940	20:50	Potez 63	Stab JG27	N Albert
6	19.5.1940	21:45	Potez 63	Stab JG27	SW Hirson
7	20.5.1940	20:50	Potez 63	Stab JG27	S Amiens
8	29.5.1940	12:59	Blenheim	Stab JG27	15 km N Gravelines
9	29.5.1940	13:04	Blenheim	Stab JG27	30 km NW Gravelines
10	2.6.1940	9:28	Spitfire	Stab JG27	W Dunkirk
11	9.6.1940	15:55	Curtiss Hawk 75	Stab JG27	E Rotoy
12	9.6.1940	16:10	Morane MS 406	Stab JG27	13 km NW Meaux
13	14.6.1940	17:15	Blenheim	Stab III./JG26	22km SE Vernon/Breval
14	14.6.1940	17:28	Battle	Stab III./JG26	10km S Evreux
15	24.7.1940	13:30	Spitfire	Stab III./JG26	30km N Margate	Spitfire I of 54Sqn, RAF flown by P/O J L Allen (12.333 victories), killed in crash-landing
16	25.7.1940	16:17	Spitfire	Stab III./JG26	Dover Harbour	Spitfire of 54Sqn, RAF
17	28.7.1940	15:20	Spitfire	Stab III./JG26	10km NNE Dover	Spitfire I (L1035) of 64Sqn RAF flown by Sub Lt (RN) F Dawson-Paul (8.25/0/1 victories), died of wounds
18	12.8.1940	12:41	Hurricane	Stab III./JG26	NNW Margate	Hurricane of 501Sqn, RAF
19	14.8.1940	13:30	Hurricane	Stab III./JG26	SW Dover
20	15.8.1940	12:55	Spitfire	Stab III./JG26	10km E Dover-Folkestone	Possibly Spitfire of 54Sqn RAF flown by F/Lt A C Deere (19.833/4/7.5 victories), baled out
21	15.8.1940	16:00	Spitfire	Stab III./JG26	15km SE Folkestone	Spitfire of 64Sqn, RAF
22	15.8.1940	16:07	Spitfire	Stab III./JG26	20km SE Dover	Spitfire of 64Sqn, RAF
23	25.8.1940	19:50	Spitfire	Stab JG26	Dungeness-Folkestone
24	28.8.1940	10:00	Defiant	Stab JG26	Faversham	Defiant of 264Sqn, RAF
25	31.8.1940	9:42	Spitfire	Stab JG26	20km SE Cambridge	Spitfire of 19Sqn, RAF
26	31.8.1940	18:50	Spitfire	Stab JG26	Gravesend
27	31.8.1940	19:03	Hurricane	Stab JG26	Maidstone
28	1.9.1940	14:55	Spitfire	Stab JG26	SE London
29	3.9.1940	11:32	Hurricane	Stab JG26	Chelmsford	Hurricane of 257Sqn, RAF
30	6.9.1940	10:20	Hurricane	Stab JG26	Tonbridge	Hurricane of 601Sqn, RAF
31	11.9.1940	16:20	Hurricane	Stab JG26	NW Dungeness	Hurricane of 501Sqn, RAF
32	14.9.1940	17:03	Hurricane	Stab JG26	SE London	Hurricane of 253Sqn RAF
33	15.9.1940	15:30	Hurricane	Stab JG26	Thames Estuary	Hurricane I (R 4087) NN-X of 310Sqn RAF, flown by Sgt. Josef Hubacek
34	18.9.1940	13:35	Hurricane	Stab JG26		Hurricane of 46Sqn RAF
35	18.9.1940	13:52	Hurricane	Stab JG26	W Rochester	Hurricane of 46Sqn RAF
36	18.9.1940	13:55	Hurricane	Stab JG26	W Rochester	Hurricane of 46Sqn RAF
37	20.9.1940	12:05	Spitfire	Stab JG26	S Hornchurch	Spitfire of 222Sqn, RAF
38	21.9.1940	19:25	Spitfire	Stab JG26	W Ashford-Canterbury	Spitfire of 92Sqn, RAF
39	23.9.1940	10:45	Hurricane	Stab JG26	N Rochester	Hurricane of 257Sqn, RAF
40	23.9.1940	10:45	Hurricane	Stab JG26	N Rochester
41	24.9.1940	10:00	Hurricane	Stab JG26	Rochester	Possibly Hurricane (P3878) of 17Sqn RAF flown by HAC Bird-Wilson (5.2/3/3 victories), baled out
42	30.9.1940	18:05	Hurricane	Stab JG26	S Guidford	Hurricane of 303Sqn, RAF
43	8.10.1940	10:20	Spitfire	Stab JG26	S Eastchurch	Spitfire of 66Sqn, RAF
44	11.10.1940	17:12	Hurricane	Stab JG26	Dartford/Rochester	Hurricane of 253Sqn, RAF
45	11.10.1940	17:00	Spitfire	Stab JG26	SE Chatham/Ashford	Spitfire of 421 Flt, RAF
46	15.10.1940	13:50	Spitfire	Stab JG26	S Rochester/Gillingham
47	26.10.1940	17:30	Hurricane	Stab JG26	Maidstone/S London
48	30.10.1940	12:55	Spitfire	Stab JG26	E London	Spitfire of 222Sqn, RAF
49	30.10.1940	17:30	Spitfire	Stab JG26	S Eastchurch/Maidstone	Spitfire of 41Sqn, RAF
50	30.11.1940	17:40	Spitfire	Stab JG26	Canterbury/Maidstone	Spitfire of 41Sqn, RAF
51	1.11.1940	12:50	Spitfire	Stab JG26	W Ashford
52	8.11.1940	15:28	Spitfire	Stab JG26	10km S Dover
53	15.11.1940	14:15	Hurricane	Stab JG26	Near Dover	Hurricane of 605Sqn, RAF
54	17.11.1940	10:20	Hurricane	Stab JG26	W Harwich	Possibly Hurricane I (V7500) of 17Sqn flown by F/Lt Count MB Czernin (17/3.5/4.833 victories), baled out
55	17.11.1940	10:20	Hurricane	Stab JG26	20km E of 'sunk' lightship	Hurricane of 257Sqn, RAF
56	17.11.1940	10:15	Hurricane	Stab JG26	E Harwich
-	27.11.1940	17:07	Spitfire	Stab JG26	E Kenley	Spitfire of 74Sqn, RAF, unconfirmed
57	28.11.1940	15:40	Hurricane	Stab JG26	Dartford	Hurricane of 249Sqn, RAF
58	5.12.1940	12:30	Spitfire	Stab JG26	Dover-Dungeness	Spitfire of 64Sqn, RAF
59	4.4.1941	17:50	Spitfire	Stab JG26	Dover-Canterbury	Spitfire of 91Sqn, RAF
60	15.4.1941	17:50	Spitfire	Stab JG26	30km W Dover
61	15.4.1941	18:00	Spitfire	Stab JG26	Dover-Margate	Spitfire of 266Sqn, RAF
-	15.4.1941	18:00	Spitfire	Stab JG26	S England	Spitfire of 266Sqn, RAF, unconfirmed
62	13.6.1941	13:15	Hurricane	Stab JG26	5km W Dover	Hurricane of 601Sqn, RAF
63	13.6.1941	13:18	Hurricane	Stab JG26	10km NE Ashford	Hurricane of 601Sqn, RAF
64	16.6.1941	16:35	Hurricane	Stab JG26	W Boulogne	Hurricane of 258Sqn, RAF
65	17.6.1941	19:38	Hurricane	Stab JG26	15km W St Omer
66	17.6.1941	19:40	Hurricane	Stab JG26	15km W St Omer
67	18.6.1941	18:18	Spitfire	Stab JG26	1km E Ardres	Spitfire of 145Sqn, RAF
68	21.6.1941	12:32	Blenheim	Stab JG26	Near Lumbres	Blenheim of 21Sqn, RAF
-	21.6.1941	12:36	Blenheim	Stab JG26	Merville	Blenheim of 21Sqn, RAF, unconfirmed
69	21.6.1941	16:37	Spitfire	Stab JG26	N Etaples	Spitfire of 616Sqn, RAF
70	2.7.1941	12:30	Blenheim	Stab JG26	Merville	Blenheim of 226Sqn RAF
71	23.7.1941	13:35	Spitfire	Stab JG26	40km NW Gravelines
72	23.7.1941	20:10	Spitfire	Stab JG26	Bruges
73	23.7.1941	20:15	Spitfire	Stab JG26	Bruges
74	7.8.1941	11:23	Spitfire	Stab JG26	Lumbres
75	7.8.1941	17:40	Spitfire	Stab JG26	10km NW St Omer
76	9.8.1941	11:32	Spitfire	Stab JG26	NW St Pol	Spitfire of 452Sqn RAF
-	9.8.1941	17:41	Spitfire	Stab JG26	N Ardres	unconfirmed
77	12.8.1941	13:12	Spitfire	Stab JG26	20km W Vlissingen	Spitfire (P6793) of 19Sqn RAF
78	12.8.1941	13:18	Blenheim	Stab JG26	W Haamstede-Scheldt Estuary	Blenheim of 139Sqn RAF flown by F/L GA Herbert, 3 crew killed
79	19.8.1941	11:55	Spitfire	Stab JG26	Bergues
80	19.8.1941	19:32	Spitfire	Stab JG26	NW St Omer	Spitfire of 111Sqn RAF
81	19.8.1941	19:45	Hurricane	Stab JG26	SE Gravelines	Hurricane of 71Sqn RAF
82	4.9.1941	17:19	Blenheim	Stab JG26	N St Omer	Blenheim of 18Sqn, RAF
83	7.9.1941	17:19	Spitfire	Stab JG26	20km W Boulogne	Spitfire of 71Sqn, RAF
84	20.9.1941	16:45	Spitfire	Stab JG26	Bergues-Bourbourg
85	20.9.1941	16:55	Spitfire	Stab JG26	6km NW Braye-Dunes
86	21.9.1941	16:23	Spitfire	Stab JG26	SE Etaples
87	21.9.1941	17:35	Spitfire	Stab JG26	S Dunkirk	Spitfire of 111Sqn RAF
88	13.10.1941	14:17	Spitfire	Stab JG26	St Omer
89	13.10.1941	14:27	Blenheim	Stab JG26	Samer	Blenheim of 139Sqn, RAF
90	21.10.1941	12:54	Spitfire	Stab JG26	W Samer
91	21.10.1941	12:58	Spitfire	Stab JG26	6km W Hardelot
92	21.10.1941	18:16	Spitfire	Stab JG26	15km W Boulogne	Spitfire of 611Sqn RAF
93	27.10.1941	13:25	Spitfire	Stab JG26	S Dunkirk	Spitfire of 401Sqn RAF flown by Sgt B Hodgkinson, POW
94	8.11.1941	12:58	Spitfire	Stab JG26	Near Montreuil	Spitfire of 315Sqn, RAF
95	8.11.1941	13:00	Spitfire	Stab JG26	10km S Hazebrouck
96	18.11.1941	12:32	Spitfire	Stab JG26	W Boulogne	Spitfire of 602Sqn RAF
	1944	-	B-17	Stab G.d.J.		unconfirmed ?
	1944	-	B-17	Stab G.d.J.		unconfirmed ?
98	3.4.1945	-	P-38	JV 44
99	5.4.1945	-	B-24	JV 44
100	16.4.1945	-	B-26	JV 44		with R4M rockets
101	16.4.1945	-	B-26	JV 44		with R4M rockets
102	21.4.1945	-	B-17	JV 44
103	26.4.1945	11:50~	B-26	JV 44	München-Reim	B-26 of 17 BG, USAAF
104	26.4.1945	11:55~	B-26	JV 44	München Reim	B-26 of 17 BG, USAAF

Victories : 104
Awards : Ritterkreuz (1 August 1940)
Eichenlaub (25 September 1940)
Schwerter (21 June 1941)
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Asisbiz database list of aerial victories for Adolf Galland

Date	Pilot Name	Unit	EA Type	Height	Time	Location
12-May-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG27	Hurricane	500m	10.10	18km S Luttich
12-May-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG27	Hurricane		15.50	7km ENE Tirlemont
12-May-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG27	Hurricane	500m	10.20	18km S Luttich
12-May-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG27	Hurricane		10.10
16-May-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG27	Spitfire I		19.30	Seclin S Lille
19-May-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG27	Potez 63		20.50	N Albert-Meaulte
19-May-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG27	Potez 63		21.45	SW Hirson
20-May-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG27	Potez 63		20.50	S Amiens
29-May-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG27	Blenheim		12.59	15km N Gravelines
29-May-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG27	Blenheim		13.04	30km NW Gravelines
02-Jun-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG27	Spitfire		09.28	West of Dunkirk
09-Jun-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG27	Hawk-75A		15.55	East of Rotoy
09-Jun-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG27	Morane 406		16.10	13km NW Meaux
14-Jun-40	Adolf Galland	Stab III./JG26	Blenheim		17.15	22km SE Vernon-Breval
14-Jun-40	Adolf Galland	Stab III./JG26	Defiant		17.28	10km S evreux
24-Jul-40	Adolf Galland	Stab III./JG26	Spitfire	3000-2200m	13.35	30km N Margate
25-Jul-40	Adolf Galland	Stab III./JG26	Spitfire		16.17	Dover Hafen
28-Jul-40	Adolf Galland	Stab III./JG26	Hurricane	6000m	15.14	10km NNE Dover
12-Aug-40	Adolf Galland	Stab III./JG26	Hurricane		12.41	NNW Margate
14-Aug-40	Adolf Galland	Stab III./JG26	Hurricane		13.30	SW Dover
15-Aug-40	Adolf Galland	Stab III./JG26	Spitfire		12.55	10km East of Dover
15-Aug-40	Adolf Galland	Stab III./JG26	Spitfire		16.01	15km SE Folkestone
15-Aug-40	Adolf Galland	Stab III./JG26	Spitfire		16.07	20km SE Dover
25-Aug-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire	3000m	19.50	Dungeness-Folkestone
28-Aug-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Defiant	2000m	10.08	E Canterbury
31-Aug-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Hurricane		19.03	Maidstone
31-Aug-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	P-40 Warhawk		09.42	20km SE Cambridge
31-Aug-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire		18.50	Gravesend
01-Sep-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Hurricane		19.55	Sudostrand London
03-Sep-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Hurricane		11.32	Chelmsford
06-Sep-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Hurricane		10.20	Tonbridge
11-Sep-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Hurricane		16.20	NW Dungeness
14-Sep-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Hurricane		17.03	Sudostrands London
15-Sep-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Hurricane		15.30	Thames Estuary
18-Sep-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Hurricane		13.52	West of Rochester
18-Sep-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Hurricane		13.55	West of Rochester
18-Sep-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Hurricane		13.35
20-Sep-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire		12.05	South of Hornchurch
21-Sep-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire		19.25	West of Ashford-Canterbury
23-Sep-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Hurricane		10.45	North of Rochester
23-Sep-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Hurricane		10.45	North of Rochester
24-Sep-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Hurricane		10.00	Rochester
30-Sep-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Hurricane		18.05	South of Guildford
10-Oct-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire		10.20	South of Eastchurch
11-Oct-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire		17.05	SE Chatham
11-Oct-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Hurricane	2500m	17.12	Dartford-Rochester
15-Oct-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire		13.50	South of Rochester
26-Oct-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Hurricane		17.30	Maidstone - South of London
30-Oct-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire		12.55	East of London
30-Oct-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire		17.40	Canterbury-Maidstone
30-Oct-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire		17.30	South of Eastchurch-Maidstone
01-Nov-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire		12.50	West of Ashford
14-Nov-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire		15.28	10km South of Dover
15-Nov-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Hurricane		10.28	bei Dover
17-Nov-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Hurricane		10.20	West of Harwich
17-Nov-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Hurricane	1-1500m	10.27	20km E versengt Leucht
27-Nov-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire	8000m	17.00	5km East of Detling
28-Nov-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Hurricane	6500m	15.40	Dartford
05-Dec-40	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire	2000m	12.30	Dover-Dungeness
04-Apr-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire	1200m	17.50	zw Dover-Canterbury
15-Apr-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire	3800m	17.50	30km vor Dover
15-Apr-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire	4500m	18.00	zw Dover u Margate
13-Jun-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Hurricane	3500m	13.15	5km W Dover
13-Jun-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Hurricane	2000m	13.18	10km NE Ashford
16-Jun-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Hurricane	3000m	16.35	West of Boulogne
17-Jun-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Hurricane	3500m	19.40	5km SE Boulogne
17-Jun-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Hurricane	3500m	19.38	15km W St Omer
18-Jun-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire	6500m	18.18	1?km E Ardres
21-Jun-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire	3500m	12.32	S St Omer
21-Jun-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire	3500m	12.36	NW St Omer
21-Jun-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire	5000m	16.37	N Etaples
02-Jul-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Blenheim	4000m	12.30	bei Merville
23-Jul-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire	10m	13.35	40km NW Gravelines
23-Jul-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire	7000m	20.10	bei Fruges
23-Jul-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire	6500m	20.15	bei Fruges
07-Aug-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire		11.23	Lumbres
07-Aug-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire		17.40	10km NW St Omer
09-Aug-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire	5000m	17.44	N Ardres
09-Aug-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire		17.41	N Ardres
09-Aug-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire		11.32	NW St Pol
12-Aug-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire	200m	13.12	20-25km W Vlissinghen
12-Aug-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Blenheim		13.18	Scheldemundung W Haamstede
19-Aug-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire		19.32	NW St Omer
19-Aug-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Hurricane		19.45	SE Gravelines
19-Aug-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire		11.55	Bergues
04-Sep-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Blenheim IV		17.19	N St Omer
07-Sep-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire		17.19
20-Sep-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire		16.45	Bergues-Bourbourg
20-Sep-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire		16.55	6km NW Bray-Dunes
21-Sep-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire		17.35	S Dunkirk
21-Sep-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire		16.23	SE Etaples
13-Oct-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire		14.17	St Omer
13-Oct-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Blenheim		14.27	Samer
21-Oct-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire		12.54	West of Samer
21-Oct-41	Adolf Galland	StabJG26	Spitfire		12.58	6km W. Hardelot
21-Oct-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire		18.16	15km W Boulogne
27-Oct-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire		13.25	S Dunkirk
08-Nov-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire		13.00
08-Nov-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire		12.58
18-Nov-41	Adolf Galland	Stab /JG26	Spitfire		12.32	20km W Boulogne
16-Apr-45	Adolf Galland	JV44	B-26 Marauder		-	Raum Lanberg
16-Apr-45	Adolf Galland	JV44	B-26 Marauder		-	Raum Lanberg
21-Apr-45	Adolf Galland	JV44	B-17 Fortress		-	-
26-Apr-45	Adolf Galland	JV44	B-26 Marauder		-	Raum Neuburg
26-Apr-45	Adolf Galland	JV44	B-26 Marauder		-	Raum Neuburg

Josef 'Pips' Priller

Josef 'Pips' Priller was born on 27 July 1915 at Ingolstadt in Bayern. In 1935, Fahnenjunker Priller was serving in Infanterieregiment 19. Oberfähnrich Priller transferred to the Luftwaffe and began his flying training at Salzwedel in October 1936. On 1 April 1937, Leutnant Priller was posted to I./JG135. In November 1938 the unit was redesignated I./JG233 and again on 1 May 1939 to I./JG51. In July 1939, he was serving with I./JG71 which was to be redesignated II./JG51 in October 1939. On 1 October 1939, Priller was appointed Staffelkapitän of 6./JG51. He gained his first victories on 28 May 1940 over Dunkirk in aerial combat with RAF fighters. He claimed six victories during the French campaign, including his 6th on 25 June, when he shot down a RAF Spitfire fighter near Desvres. By the end of August his victory total stood at 15. On 17 October, Oberleutnant Priller claimed his 20th victory resulting in the award of the Ritterkreuz on 19 October. He claimed at least fourteen victories in the Battle of Britain.

On 20 November 1940, Priller was transferred as Staffelkapitän to 1./JG26, succeeding Oberleutnant Eberhard Henrici (7 victories) who had been lost in aerial combat over the Channel three days previously. Despite much combat with the British, Priller was unable to add to his score before the end of the year. That winter, JG26 was withdrawn from the Channel front back to Germany for a rest. On his return to the Channel Priller enjoyed a remarkable run of victories between 16 June and 11 July 1941 shooting down 19 RAF aircraft, including 17 Spitfire fighters, to bring his victory total to 39. On 14 July, Priller shot down his 40th victim. He was awarded the Eichenlaub (Nr 28) on 19 October for 41 victories. Hauptmann Priller became Gruppenkommandeur of III./JG26 on 6 December 1941. By the end of 1941 Priller's score stood at 58.

He recorded his 60th victory on 27 March 1942 and his 70th victory on 5 May.By the end of 1942 Priller had 81 confirmed victories to his tally. On 11 January 1943, Priller became Kommodore of JG26, replacing Major Gerhard Schöpfel (45 victories, RK) who was taking up a staff role. He was awarded the Schwertern (Nr 73) on 2 July 1944. Oberstleutnant Priller brought up his 100th victory on 18 July 1944 when he brought down a USAAF B-24 four-engine bomber. On 1 January 1945, Priller led JG26 and III./JG54 in the attack on the Allied airfields, codenamed Operation Bodenplatte, at Brussels-Evére and Brussels-Grimbergen. On 28 January, Priller was appointed Inspekteur der Jagdflieger Ost, a position that required he cease operational flying and which he held until the end of the war. Post-war 'Pips' Priller managed the family brewery business. He died on 20 May 1961 at Böbing in Oberbayern following a heart attack.

Josef 'Pips' Priller flew 1,307 combat missions to achieve 101 victories. All his victories were recorded over the Western Front and include 11 four-engine bombers. He was the most successful pilot in battles with Spitfires claiming at least 68 of them.

Asisbiz database list of aerial victories for Josef 'Pips' Priller

No	Date	Time	A/c Type	Unit	Location	Comments
1	28.5.1940	13:07	Spitfire	6./JG51	NW Dunkirk	-
2	28.5.1940	13:10	Hurricane	6./JG51	NW Dunkirk	-
3	2.6.1940	21:15	Curtiss	6./JG51	SW Dunkirk	-
4	8.6.1940	19:05	Blenheim	6./JG51	Abbeville	-
5	8.6.1940	19:06	Blenheim	6./JG51	Abbeville	-
6	25.6.1940	18:20	Spitfire	6./JG51	8km NW Desvres	-
-	10.7.1940	11:15	Spitfire	6./JG51	Dover	Spitfire of 610 Sqn, RAF flown by S/L Smith, damaged
7	14.7.1940	16:25	Hurricane	6./JG51	SE Dover	Hurricane of 615 Sqn, RAF
8	20.7.1940	19:20	Hurricane	6./JG51	5km E Folestone	Hurricane of 32 Sqn RAF flown by Sub Lt Bulmer
9	29.7.1940	8:40	Spitfire	6./JG51	5km N Dover	-
10	14.8.1940	13:45	Spitfire	6./JG51	NW Dover	-
11	15.8.1940	16:15	Hurricane	6./JG51	1km E Clacton	-
12	16.8.1940	13:35	Spitfire	6./JG51	10km E Canterbury	-
13	24.8.1940	13:55	Hurricane	6./JG51	7km E Margate	-
14	24.8.1940	14:10	Hurricane	6./JG51	2km E Margate	-
15	26.8.1940	18:57	Spitfire	6./JG51	5km W Boulogne	-
16	7.10.1940	11:35	Spitfire	6./JG51	20km N Canterbury	-
17	7.10.1940	17:40	Spitfire	6./JG51	Thames Estuary	-
18	15.10.1940	13:10	Hurricane	6./JG51	10km SW Dover	-
19	15.10.1940	13:15	Hurricane	6./JG51	15km W Dover	-
20	17.10.1940	16:35	Hurricane	6./JG51	Tunbridge Wells	-
21	16.6.1941	16:35	Spitfire	1./JG26	W Boulogne	-
22	16.6.1941	16:45	Blenheim	1./JG26	SW Boulogne	Blenheim of 59 Sqn, RAF
23	17.6.1941	19:42	Hurricane	1./JG26	W Cap Gris Nez	Hurricane of 56 or 242 Sqn, RAF
24	21.6.1941	12:40	Spitfire	1./JG26	SW Ramsgate	Spitfire of 603 Sqn, RAF
25	23.6.1941	13:35	Spitfire	1./JG26	S Somme Estuary	-
26	25.6.1941	13:00	Spitfire	1./JG26	W Gravelines	Spitfire of 610 or 616 Sqn, RAF
27	27.6.1941	22:00	Spitfire	1./JG26	SW Gravelines	-
28	30.6.1941	18:56	Spitfire	1./JG26	10km NW St Inglevert	Spitfire of 603 or 616 Sqn, RAF
29	2.7.1941	12:45	Spitfire	1./JG26	10km W Lille	-
30	4.7.1941	14:55	Spitfire	1./JG26	10km SW St Omer	-
31	5.7.1941	13:40	Spitfire	1./JG26	4km NW Dunkirk	Spitfire of 54 or 616 Sqn, RAF
32	7.7.1941	10:00	Spitfire	1./JG26	3km N Gravelines	Spitfire of Hornchurch Wing, RAF
33	7.7.1941	10:47	Spitfire	1./JG26	W Somme Estuary	-
34	8.7.1941	15:30	Spitfire	1./JG26	10km N St Omer	-
35	9.7.1941	14:00	Spitfire	1./JG26	S Aire-SE Samer	-
36	9.7.1941	14:10	Spitfire	1./JG26	2km S Calais	-
37	10.7.1941	12:30	Spitfire	1./JG26	N St Omer	-
38	10.7.1941	12:40	Spitfire	1./JG26	5km NW Boulogne	-
39	11.7.1941	16:10	Spitfire	1./JG26	20km W Calais	-
40	14.7.1941	10:30	Spitfire	1./JG26	St Omer	Spitfire V of 72 Sqn flown by F/Sgt WM Lamberton, baled out, POW
41	19.7.1941	14:35	Spitfire	1./JG26	5km Dover	Spitfire of 72 Sqn, RAF
42	22.7.1941	13:40	Spitfire	1./JG26	10km NW Gravelines	Spitfire of 308 Sqn, RAF
43	23.7.1941	14:05	Spitfire	1./JG26	15km NW Gravelines	-
44	24.7.1941	14:45	Spitfire	1./JG26	7km NW Dunkirk	-
45	7.8.1941	11:30	Spitfire	1./JG26	5km NW Calais	-
46	7.8.1941	18:20	Spitfire	1./JG26	8km N Calais	-
47	4.9.1941	17:30	Spitfire	1./JG26	NW Bethune	-
48	17.9.1941	15:35	Spitfire	1./JG26	5km NW Calais	-
49	18.9.1941	16:25	Spitfire	1./JG26	SW Dungeness	-
50	1.10.1941	14:57	Spitfire	1./JG26	mid English Channel	Spitfire of 91 Sqn, RAF
51	1.10.1941	13:55	Spitfire	1./JG26	W Boulogne	-
52	12.10.1941	13:25	Spitfire	1./JG26	5km E Berck-sur-Mer	Spitfire of 452 or 602 Sqn, RAF
53	13.10.1941	15:30	Spitfire	1./JG26	15km W Berck-sur-Mer	-
54	21.10.1941	12:55	Spitfire	1./JG26	4km W Etaples	-
55	21.10.1941	13:05	Spitfire	1./JG26	15km NNW Le Touquet	-
56	27.10.1941	13:15	Spitfire	1./JG26	5km N Watten	Spitfire of 401 Sqn, RAF
57	8.11.1941	12:50	Spitfire	1./JG26	N Bethune	Spitfire of 302 or 316 Sqn, RAF
58	8.11.1941	13:10	Spitfire	1./JG26	5km NW Gravelines	Spitfire of 302 or 316 Sqn, RAF
59	3.1.1942	15:38	Hurricane	Stab III./JG26	5km NW Calais	-
60	27.3.1942	16:40	Spitfire	Stab III./JG26	10km W Ostend	Spitfire of 313 Sqn RAF flown by Vladimir Michalek
61	28.3.1942	18:50	Spitfire	Stab III./JG26	Cap Gris Nez-Blanc Nez	Spitfire of 457 or 602 Sqn, RAF
62	4.4.1942	14:15	Spitfire	Stab III./JG26	Calais-Dover	Spitfire of 129 Sqn, RAF
-	12.4.1942	-	Spitfire	Stab III./JG26	Boulogne	Not confirmed
63	12.4.1942	13:45	Spitfire	Stab III./JG26	N Gravelines	Spitfire of 41 Sqn, RAF
64	16.4.1942	18:26	Spitfire	Stab III./JG26	5km N Calais	Spitfire of 118 or 129 Sqn, RAF
65	25.4.1942	16:54	Spitfire	Stab III./JG26	10km W St Etienne	-
66	27.4.1942	12:25	Spitfire	Stab III./JG26	S Ardres	Spitfire of 65 Sqn, RAF
67	27.4.1942	12:30	Spitfire	Stab III./JG26	15km NW Gravelines	Spitfire of 65 Sqn, RAF
68	28.4.1942	12:00	Spitfire	Stab III./JG26	Dunkirk-Gravelines	Spitfire of 401 Sqn, RAF
69	1.5.1942	19:30	Spitfire	Stab III./JG26	5km N Calais	Spitfire of 457, 485 or 602 Sqn, RAF
70	5.5.1942	15:40	Spitfire	Stab III./JG26	11km SW Ypres	Spitfire Vb (BM261) of 313 Sqn RAF flown by Sgt Karel Pavlik, killed
71	9.5.1942	13:40	Spitfire	Stab III./JG26	3km N Gravelines	Spitfire of 118 of 501 Sqn, RAF
72	17.5.1942	11:33	Spitfire	Stab III./JG26	S Guines-Audembert	Spitfire of 313 Sqn RAF flown by F/Lt Stanislav Fejfar (5.833/1/3 victories)
73	1.6.1942	13:45	Spitfire	Stab III./JG26	5km N Blankenberghe	Spitfire of 350 Sqn, RAF
74	22.6.1942	12:10	Spitfire	Stab III./JG26	30km N Gravelines	Spitfire of 64 Sqn, RAF
75	15.7.1942	15:38	Spitfire	Stab III./JG26	8km NE Dover	Spitfire of 402 Sqn, RAF
-	30.7.1942	19:00	Spitfire	Stab III./JG26	Gravelines	Not confirmed
76	21.8.1942	11:10	Spitfire	Stab III./JG26	50km N Gravelines	-
77	29.8.1942	11:46	Spitfire	Stab III./JG26	15km NW Cap Gris Nez	-
78	9.10.1942	10:35	B-24	Stab III./JG26	SW Roubaix-Wevelgem	B-17 'Snoozy II' of 367 BS, 306 BG, USAAF flown by Capt John Olsen
79	4.12.1942	14:40	Spitfire	Stab III./JG26	20km N Calais	Spitfire of 401 or 402 Sqn, RAF
80	6.12.1942	12:10	Spitfire	Stab III./JG26	5-6km S Lille	-
81	20.12.1942	12:01	B-17	Stab III./JG26	Baie de la Seine	B-17 of 91 BG, USAAF
82	20.1.1943	12:35	Spitfire	Stab/JG26	N Canterbury	Spitfire of 332 Sqn, RAF
83	8.3.1943	14:15	Spitfire	Stab/JG26	8km NW St Valery-en-Cause	Spitfire of 340 Sqn, RAF
84	5.4.1943	15:12	B-17	Stab/JG26	20km W Ostend	B-17 of 306 BG, USAAF
85	4.5.1943	18:42	Spitfire	Stab/JG26	Westerschelde-NW Antwerp	-
86	13.5.1943	16:24	B-17	Stab/JG26	Near Amplier-5km E Boulogne	B-17 of 91 BG, USAAF
87	13.5.1943	16:46	Spitfire	Stab/JG26	5km NW Etaples	Spitfire of 416 Sqn, RAF
88	16.5.1943	13:12	P-47	Stab/JG26	Scheldt Estuary	P-47 of 78 FG, USAAF
89	10.6.1943	18:55	Ventura	Stab/JG26	W Coxyde	-
90	22.6.1943	9:32	B-17	Stab/JG26	near Terneuzen	B-17 of 381 BG, USAAF
91	26.6.1943	18:52	B-17	Stab/JG26	Dieppe-Le Treport	B-17 of 384 BG, USAAF
92	17.8.1943	17:40	B-17	Stab/JG26	N Liege	-
93	19.8.1943	19:00	B-17	Stab/JG26	De Beer Is	B-17 of 305 BG, USAAF
94	21.9.1943	10:45	Mitchell	Stab/JG26	St Pol	Mitchell of 98 Sqn, RAF
95	20.10.1943	13:45	B-17 HSS	Stab/JG26	SE Arras-Cambrai	B-17 of 96 BG, USAAF
96	13.4.1944	17:10	B-17	Stab/JG26	Poperinghe-N St Omer	-
97	7.6.1944	13:50	P-51	Stab/JG26	N Caen	-
98	7.6.1944	19:00	P-47	Stab/JG26	Evreux	-
99	11.6.1944	15:35	P-38	Stab/JG26	Compiegne	P-38 of 55 FG, USAAF
100	15.6.1944	7:10	B-24	Stab/JG26	W Dreux-SW Chartres	B-24 of 492 BG, USAAF
101	12.10.1944	11:25	P-51	Stab/JG26	S Wunsdorf	P-51 of 357FG USAAF flown by Capt HT Pascoe, POW

Victories : 101
Awards : Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (9 December 1941)
Ritterkreuz (19 October 1940)
Eichenlaub (20 July 1941)
Schwertern (20 December 1941)
Units : JG51, JG26

Web Reference: http://www.luftwaffe.cz/priller.html

Asisbiz Database of 101 aerial victories for Josef Priller

Date	Pilot Name	Unit	EA Type	Height	Time	Location
28-May-40	Josef Priller	6./JG51	Hurricane		13.10	NW Dunkirk
28-May-40	Josef Priller	6./JG51	Spitfire		13.07	NW Dunkirk
02-Jun-40	Josef Priller	6./JG51	Hawk-75A		21.15	SW Dunkirk
08-Jun-40	Josef Priller	6./JG51	Blenheim		19.05	Abbeville
08-Jun-40	Josef Priller	6./JG51	Blenheim		19.06	Abbeville
25-Jun-40	Josef Priller	6./JG51	Spitfire		18.20	8km NW Desvres
14-Jul-40	Josef Priller	6./JG51	Hurricane		16.25	SE Dover
20-Jul-40	Josef Priller	6./JG51	Hurricane		19.20	5km E Folkestone
29-Jul-40	Josef Priller	6./JG51	Spitfire		08.40	5km N Dover
14-Aug-40	Josef Priller	6./JG51	Spitfire		13.45	NW Dover
15-Aug-40	Josef Priller	6./JG51	Hurricane		16.15	1km E Clacton
16-Aug-40	Josef Priller	6./JG51	Spitfire		13.35	10km E Canterbury
24-Aug-40	Josef Priller	6./JG51	Hurricane		13.55	7km East of Margate
24-Aug-40	Josef Priller	6./JG51	Hurricane		14.10	2km East of Margate
26-Aug-40	Josef Priller	6./JG51	Spitfire		18.57	5km West of Boulogne
07-Oct-40	Josef Priller	6./JG51	Spitfire		11.35	20km North of Canterbury
07-Oct-40	Josef Priller	6./JG51	Spitfire		17.40	Thames Estuary
15-Oct-40	Josef Priller	6./JG51	Hurricane		13.10	10km SW Dover
15-Oct-40	Josef Priller	6./JG51	Hurricane		13.15	15km West of Dover
17-Oct-40	Josef Priller	6./JG51	Hurricane		16.35	Tunbridge Wells
16-Jun-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		16.35	Boulogne
16-Jun-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Blenheim		16.45	SW Boulogne
17-Jun-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Hurricane		19.42	West of Cap Gris Nez
21-Jun-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		12.40	SW Ramsgate
23-Jun-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		13.35	S Somme-Mundung
25-Jun-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		13.00	West of Gravelines
27-Jun-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		10.00	SW Gravelines
30-Jun-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		18.56	10km NW St Inglevert
02-Jul-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		12.45	10km W Lille
04-Jul-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		14.55	10km SW St Omer
05-Jul-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		13.40	NW Dunkirk
07-Jul-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		10.00	N Gravelines
07-Jul-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		10.47	West of Somme-Mundung
08-Jul-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		15.30	10km N St Omer
09-Jul-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		14.00	S Aire
09-Jul-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		14.10	2km S Calais
10-Jul-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		12.40	NW Boulogne
10-Jul-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		12.30	N St Omer
11-Jul-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		16.10	West of Calais
14-Jul-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		10.30	South of Dunkirk
19-Jul-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		14.35	5km vor Dover
22-Jul-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		13.40	10km W Gravelines
23-Jul-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		14.05	15km NW Gravelines-Calais
24-Jul-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		14.45	7km NW Dunkirk
07-Aug-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		11.30	5km NW Calais
07-Aug-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		18.20	8km West of Calais
04-Sep-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		17.30	NW Bethune
17-Sep-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		15.35	5km S Calais
18-Sep-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		16.25	5km W Dungness
01-Oct-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		14.57	Kanal Mitte
01-Oct-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		15.34	West of Boulogne
12-Oct-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		13.25	5km E Berck-sur-Mer
13-Oct-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		15.30	5km West of Berck-sur-Mer
21-Oct-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		12.55	4km W Etaples
21-Oct-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		13.05	15km NNW Le Touquet
27-Oct-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire		13.15	5km North of Watten
08-Nov-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire	4000m	12.50	N Bethune
08-Nov-41	Josef Priller	1./JG26	Spitfire	10m	13.10	3-5km off Gravelines-Calais
03-Jan-42	Josef Priller	Stab III./JG26	Hurricane	10m	15.38	5km NW Calais
27-Mar-42	Josef Priller	Stab III./JG26	Spitfire		16.40	10km W Ostend
28-Mar-42	Josef Priller	Stab III./JG26	Spitfire		18.50	Cap Gris Nez - Cap Blanc Nez
04-Apr-42	Josef Priller	Stab III./JG26	Spitfire		14.15	Kanal Calais-Dover
12-Apr-42	Josef Priller	Stab III./JG26	Spitfire		13.45-50	N Gravelines
12-Apr-42	Josef Priller	Stab III./JG26	Spitfire			Boulogne
16-Apr-42	Josef Priller	Stab III./JG26	Spitfire		18.26	5km N Calais
25-Apr-42	Josef Priller	Stab III./JG26	Spitfire		16.54	10km West of St Etienne
27-Apr-42	Josef Priller	Stab III./JG26	Spitfire	2500m	12.30	15km NW Gravelines
27-Apr-42	Josef Priller	Stab III./JG26	Spitfire		12.25	South of Ardres
28-Apr-42	Josef Priller	Stab III./JG26	Spitfire		11.55	Dunkirk-Gravelines
01-May-42	Josef Priller	Stab III./JG26	Spitfire		19.30	5km N Calais
05-May-42	Josef Priller	Stab III./JG26	Spitfire		15.40-45	11km SW Ypres
09-May-42	Josef Priller	Stab III./JG26	Spitfire		13.40	3km N Gravelines
17-May-42	Josef Priller	Stab III./JG26	Spitfire		11.33-35	South of Guines-Audembert
01-Jun-42	Josef Priller	Stab III./JG26	Spitfire		13.45	5km N Blankenberge
22-Jun-42	Josef Priller	Stab III../JG26	Spitfire	8500m	12.10-15	30km N Gravelines
15-Jul-42	Josef Priller	Stab III./JG26	Spitfire		15.38	8km NE Dover
30-Jul-42	Josef Priller	Stab III./JG26	Spitfire		19.00	Gravelines
21-Aug-42	Josef Priller	Stab III./JG26	Spitfire		11.10	Sea 50km N Gravelines
29-Aug-42	Josef Priller	Stab III./JG26	Spitfire	4000m	11.46	15km NW Cap Gris Nez
09-Oct-42	Josef Priller	Stab III./JG26	B-24 Liberator		10.35-40	SW Roubaix-Wevelgem
04-Dec-42	Josef Priller	Stab III./JG26	Spitfire	4000m	14.40	20km S Dover
06-Dec-42	Josef Priller	Stab III./JG26	Spitfire	4000-2000m	12.10	5-6km S Lille
20-Dec-42	Josef Priller	Stab III./JG26	B-24 Liberator	6000-7000m	12.02	Seine-Bogen
20-Jan-43	Josef Priller	Stab /JG26	Spitfire	3000-4000m	11.35	N Canterbury
08-Mar-43	Josef Priller	Stab /JG26	Spitfire	7-8000m	14.15	8km NW St Valery-en-Caux
05-Apr-43	Josef Priller	Stab /JG26	B-17 Fortress	7500m	15.12	Ostende
04-May-43	Josef Priller	Stab /JG26	Spitfire	7000m	18.42	NW Antwerpen
13-May-43	Josef Priller	Stab /JG26	Spitfire	6000m	16.46	8km NW Etaples
13-May-43	Josef Priller	Stab /JG26	B-17 Fortress	7500m	16.24	Amplier (12km ssE Frevent)
16-May-43	Josef Priller	Stab /JG26	P-47 Thunderbolt	7000-2000m	13.12	Scheldemundung
22-Jun-43	Josef Priller	Stab /JG26	B-17 Fortress	8000-20m	09.32	Terneuzen
26-Jun-43	Josef Priller	Stab /JG26	B-17 Fortress	7000m	18.54	Le Treport-Dieppe
17-Aug-43	Josef Priller	Stab /JG26	B-17 Fortress	7000m	17.45	M- 7 (2km NE Diest)
19-Aug-43	Josef Priller	Stab /JG26	B-17 Fortress	7000m	19.00	Middelburg-Vlissinghen
21-Sep-43	Josef Priller	Stab /JG26	B-25 Mitchell	4000m	10.45	N St Pol
20-Oct-43	Josef Priller	Stab /JG26	B-17 Fortress Hss		13.45	SE Arras-Cambrai
13-Apr-44	Josef Priller	Stab /JG26	B-17 Fortress	4-500m	14.15	NE-36 (Bourbourg-Watten) 1410-
07-Jun-44	Josef Priller	Stab /JG26	P-51 Mustang	600m	13.50	TU-7-8 (Thaon NW Caen)
07-Jun-44	Josef Priller	Stab /JG26	P-47 Thunderbolt	3500m	19.00	UC-3-6 Seinebogen
11-Jun-44	Josef Priller	Stab /JG26	P-38 Lightning	3000m	15.35	SF-TF (Roye-Compiegne)
15-Jun-44	Josef Priller	Stab /JG26	B-24 Liberator	6000-7000m	07.10	AB-BB (LAigle area)
12-Oct-44	Josef Priller	Stab /JG26	P-51 Mustang	6-7000m	11.23	GT-6 (E Petershagen)

Rolf Pingel

A thorough examination of the photographs of Hptm. Pingel's Bf109F-2, captured in early July 1941, gives every indication that, as with the earlier Bf-109 E-4 and E-7 models, it was finished in an RLM 02/71/65 camouflage. Described in the Preliminary Site Report on Pingel's aircraft as 'dark olive green', this scheme is reported also to have been applied to all F-0 and F-l variants as well as aircraft in the early production F-2 series.

On 24 June 1941, however, the RLM had issued an order which officially approved the changeover to a new day fighter scheme incorporating the colours 74 and 75 over 76. Soon afterwards, on 15 August, Messerschmitt AG issued a painting guide, Oberflachenschutzliste 8 Os 109 F u g, which particularly applied to the Bf109F and the early Bf109G series. This guide specified that colours 74 and 75 were to be applied to the upper surfaces in approximately equal areas with a soft demarcation between them, while the sides of the fuselage, fin and rudder assemblies and all undersurfaces were to be finished in RLM 76. Fuselage mottling was to be applied softly to each side of the fuselage and fin and rudder assembly in approximately equal amounts of colours 02, 70 and 74. Messerschmitt AG's guide also specified that the spinner was to be painted in three colours, with the main body finished in RLM 70, a one-third segment in white and the forward, nose section in 76. However, as is clear from photographs, few service machines had the 76 cap.

In view of the variety of finishes which proliferated during the Battle of Britain, the RLM order was clearly intended to standardize the camouflage finish on German fighters and ensure that they all conformed to one general specification, eventually confirmed in November 1941 with the re-issue of L.Dv.521/1 and 2. In practice, however, no two aircraft would be identical since the fuselage finish in particular was applied freehand, i.e. without masking or stencils. Differences due to variations in the taste and skill of the painters were therefore permissible.

As a further note on colours, in June-July 1941 the German High Command issued orders that, henceforth, only the lower nose on the Bf109 was to be painted yellow. Thus the completely yellow (or, occasionally white) cowlings which had been such a feature during the Battle of Britain gradually disappeared, but the use of the yellow undercowling remained on many types of German aircraft virtually to the end of the war. Even in the Mediterranean, where white wingtip and white fuselage theatre markings were the norm, the yellow undercowling was still widely employed.

The uppersurface scheme on Hptm Pingel's aircraft conformed to the prescribed pattern and had soft-edged demarcation lines rather than the usual angular splinter pattern.

On 5 November, Hptm. Rolf Pingel, the Kommandeur of I./JG26, claimed his 17th victory, a Spitfire, possibly of 19Sqn.

Rolf Peter Pingel

Rolf Peter Pingel was born on 1 October 1913 at Kiel. Following completion of his flying training, Leutnant Pingel was posted to the newly formed I./JG134 based at Wiesbaden-Erbenheim on 15 March 1937. Pingel served in the Spanish Civil War with the Condor Legion from September 1937. Leutnant Pingel was assigned to 2. Staffel of J 88. He recorded six victories, flying some 200 missions, during his service in Spain. He was awarded the Spanienkreuz in Gold mit Schwerten for his achievements in that conflict. On his return to Germany, Pingel was appointed Staffelkapitän of 2./JG334 on 1 October 1937. On 1 November 1938, 2./JG334 was redesignated 2./JG133 and 2./JG53 on 1 March 1939. Oberleutnant Pingel shot down a French Mureaux 113 army reconnaisance aircraft over Saarlautern on 10 September 1939 for his first victory in World War 2. On 30 September, he led 2./JG53 in a successful interception of five RAF Battle single-engine bombers attempting a reconnaisance over the Saarbrücken-Merzig area. Four of the bombers were shot down, including one claimed by Pingel, and the fifth crash-landed on its return to base and was destroyed. On 5 June 1940, Hauptmann Werner Mölders was shot down by French fighters to become a prisoner of war. Hauptmann Pingel was temporarily placed in command of III./JG53 to replace Mölders.

On 11 June, Pingel shot down two French Morane fighters to record his 7th and 8th victories of World War 2. Pingel relinquished temporary command of III./JG53 to Hauptmann Harro Harder (22 victories, killed in action 12 August 1940) in July 1940. He returned as Staffelkapitän to 2./JG53. On 22 August 1940, Hauptmann Pingel reported to JG26 to take up the role of Gruppenkommandeur of I. Gruppe. He was awarded the Ritterkreuz on 14 September for 15 victories. On 28 September, Pingel shot down a RAF Hurricane fighter over Maidstone but his own aircraft, Bf-109E-4 (W.Nr. 3756), was badly damaged in the combat. He ditched near Hastings and was rescued by the German air-sea rescue services. It is thought that Pingel's victim in this engagement was the South African ace Albert Lewis (16 destroyed, 2.5 probable and 2 damaged victories) of 249Sqn, RAF who baled out badly burned. It is also thought that Pingel was, in turn, shot down by British ace John Beard (6 destroyed, 1 probable and 3 damaged victories) of 249 Sqn, RAF. Pingel achieved his 20th victory of World War 2 on 22 June 1941, when he shot down a RAF Spitfire fighter near Dunkirk in an engagement with the British Circus No. 18 attacking Hazebrouck. The British Circus No. 42 targeted Chocques on 10 July 1941. Three RAF Stirling four-engine bombers, accompanied by their fighter escort, were intercepted by Pingel's I./JG26. Pingel followed a damaged Stirling bomber back to England, further damaging its tail section. However, the gunners' return fire hit his Bf 109F-2 (W.Nr. 12764) <<+ in the engine. He descended to low altitude but was intercepted by Spitfires. He force-landed his aircraft in a grain field near Dover and was taken into captivity. He was promoted to the rank of Major during his imprisonment.

Rolf Pingel was credited with 28 victories in 550 combat missions, including 200 flown during the Spanish Civil War. Included in his total are six victories gained during the Spanish Civil War. All his World War 2 victories were recorded over the Western front.

Asisbiz Database of aerial victories for Rolf Pingel

No	Date	Time	A/c Type	Unit	Location
1	5.6.1937	-	I-15	2. J/88	Spain
2	8.7.1937	-	SB-2	2. J/88	Spain
3	12.7.1937	-	SB-2	2. J/88	Spain
4	12.7.1937	-	I-16	2. J/88	Spain
5	16.7.1937	-	I-16	2. J/88	Spain
6	22.8.1937	-	I-16	2. J/88	Spain
7	10.9.1939	14:15	Mureaux 113	2./JG53	Ensdorf / Mureaux 113 (No 4) of GAO 1/506 of Armee de l'Air flown by Lt Leleu, 2 crew killed
8	30.9.1939	11:50	Battle	2./JG53	W Saarbrucken / Battle of 150 Sqn, RAF
9	14.5.1940	11:22	Bloch 151	2./JG53	S Sedan
10	14.5.1940	11:30	Bloch 151	2./JG53	S Sedan
11	14.5.1940	16:30	Battle	2./JG53	Sedan
12	26.5.1940	10:55	Hurricane	2./JG53	-
13	11.6.1940	11:55	Morane	III./JG53	Reims-Epernay
14	11.6.1940	12:10	Morane	III./JG53	SW Epernay
15	15.8.1940	-	Hurricane	2./JG53	Near Brest
16	18.8.1940	15:32	Spitfire	2./JG53	-
17	29.8.1940	20:06	Spitfire	I./JG26	Dungeness
18	29.8.1940	20:07	Spitfire	I./JG26	Dungeness
19	31.8.1940	-	Spitfire	I./JG26	S London
20	7.9.1940	19:25	Spitfire	I./JG26	Tonbridge / Spitfire of 41 or 222 Sqn, RAF
21	14.9.1940	16:50	Hurricane	I./JG26	SE Maidstone / Hurricane of 253 Sqn, RAF
22	28.9.1940	14:40	Hurricane	I./JG26	Maidstone / Hurricane of 249 Sqn, RAF
23	5.11.1940	-	Spitfire	I./JG26	E Gravesend / Spitfire of 19 Sqn, RAF
24	16.6.1941	16:35	Blenheim	I./JG26	SE Boulogne / Blenheim of 59 Sqn, RAF
25	16.6.1941	16:52	Spitfire	I./JG26	S Dungeness / Spitfire of 74 or 92 Sqn, RAF
26	22.6.1941	16:10	Spitfire	I./JG26	W Dunkirk / Spitfire of 609 or 611 Sqn, RAF
27	27.6.1941	21:43	Spitfire	I./JG26	Near Roubaix
28	2.7.1941	12:50	Spitfire	I./JG26	S Dunkirk

Victories : 28
Awards : Ritterkreuz (14 September 1940)
Units : J/88, JG53, JG26
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Asisbiz Database of 21 aerial victories for Rolf Pingel

Date	Pilot Name	Unit	EA Type	Height	Time	Location
10-Sep-39	Rolf Pingel	2./JG53	Mureaux		14.15	Ensdorf
30-Sep-39	Rolf Pingel	2./JG53	Fairey Battle		11.50	West of Saarbrucken
14-May-40	Rolf Pingel	2./JG53	Bloch 151	2300m	11.22	S Sedan
14-May-40	Rolf Pingel	2./JG53	Bloch 151	5000m	11.30	S Sedan
14-May-40	Rolf Pingel	2./JG53	Fairey Battle		16.30	Sedan
26-May-40	Rolf Pingel	2./JG53	Hurricane		10.55
11-Jun-40	Rolf Pingel	Stab III./JG53	Morane 406		12.10	SW Epernay
11-Jun-40	Rolf Pingel	Stab III./JG53	Morane 406	1500m	11.55	Reims-Epernay
15-Aug-40	Rolf Pingel	2./JG53	Hurricane
18-Aug-40	Rolf Pingel	2./JG53	Spitfire		15.32
29-Aug-40	Rolf Pingel	Stab I./JG26	Spitfire		20.06	Dungeness
29-Aug-40	Rolf Pingel	Stab I./JG26	Spitfire		20.07	Dungeness
31-Aug-40	Rolf Pingel	Stab I./JG26	Spitfire	5000m	18.45	South of London
07-Sep-40	Rolf Pingel	Stab I./JG26	Spitfire		19.25	Tonbridge
14-Sep-40	Rolf Pingel	Stab I./JG26	Hurricane		16.50	SE Maidstone
28-Sep-40	Rolf Pingel	Stab I./JG26	Hurricane		14.40	Maidstone
05-Nov-40	Rolf Pingel	Stab I./JG26	Spitfire	7000m	17.05	E Gravesend
16-Jun-41	Rolf Pingel	Stab I./JG26	Spitfire		16.52	S. Dungeness
16-Jun-41	Rolf Pingel	Stab I./JG26	Blenheim		16.35	SE Boulogne
22-Jun-41	Rolf Pingel	Stab I./JG26	Spitfire		16.10	W. Dunkirchen
02-Jul-41	Rolf Pingel	Stab I./JG26	Hurricane		12.50	S. Dunkirchen

Max Martin

Units: 3./ZG-26, Instr Duty, 8./JG-26 (11/40), Instr. Duty

Awards: EK 1 & 2, Wound Badge, Fighter Operational Clasp

Known Aircraft: Bf 110 in ZG-26, Bf 109E 'Blk 2', Bf 109F-2 'Black 4', Bf 109F-4 WNr 7122 'Black 3' (lost 9/41)

Remarks: WIA 17 September, 1941 when he collided with a Spitfire over St. Omer. He bailed successfully, but was out of combat for the rest of the year. Came to JG-26 with 3 victories while in ZG-26, with 29 combat missions. One known victory, his 1st, a Hurricane north of Etaples on 17 June, 1941. His 2nd, a Spitfire west of Boulogne on 21 June, 1941. His 3rd, a Spitfire at St. Omer on 2 July, 1941. His 4th, a Spitfire at St Omer on 9 July, 1941. A 5th, a P-40 into the sea west of Le Touquet on 20 July, 1941. His 6th, a Spitfire on 27 August, 1941, no location. His 7th, a Spitfire at St Omer/Longuenesse airfield on 17 September, 1941. An 8th, a P-38 at Lisieux-Bernay on 4 July, 1944. Flugbuch (1/39 to 8/43).

Asisbiz database list of 8 aerial victories for Max Martin

Date	Pilot Name	Unit	Enemy A/C Type	Height	Time	Location
Tuesday, June 17, 1941	Max Martin	8./JG26	Hurricane		19:45	N Etaples
Saturday, June 21, 1941	Max Martin	8./JG26	Spitfire		16:40	West of Boulogne
Wednesday, July 2, 1941	Max Martin	8./JG26	Spitfire		14:10	St. Omer
Wednesday, July 9, 1941	Max Martin	8./JG26	Spitfire		14:10	St Omer
Sunday, July 20, 1941	Max Martin	8./JG26	P-40 Warhawk		16:05	Kanal West of Le Touquet
Wednesday, August 27, 1941	Max Martin	8./JG26	Spitfire		08:10
Wednesday, September 17, 1941	Max Martin	8./JG26	Spitfire		15:25	Flgpl St Omer/Longuenesse
Tuesday, July 4, 1944	Max Martin	Stab III./JG26	P-38 Lightning		14:55	UA-UB Lisieux-Bernay

Oswald Fischer

Units:Erg/JG-26 (9/41), 7/JG-26 (12/41), 10 (Jabo)/JG-26 (3/42)

Awards:EK 1 & 2, Fighter Operational Clasp

Known Aircraft:Bf 109E & F in Staffel, Bf 109F-4/B (Fighter-Bomber) WNr 7232 'White 11+bomb' (lost 5/20/42) in Jabo

Remarks:POW 20 May, 1942 and interned in Canada. Crash landed at Beachy Head, England as a result of return fire from the ship he had bombed. 31 Jabo missions. One known victory, his 1st, a Spitfire near Wevelghem on 17 December, 1941. 'White 11' was repaired by the British and flown in RAF No. 1426 Squadron.

Asisbiz Database of 1 aerial victories for Oswald Fischer

Date	Pilot Name	Unit	Enemy A/C Type	Height	Time	Location
17-Dec-41	Oswald Fischer	7./JG26	Spitfire			near Wevelghem

Otto Görtz

Units:Erg/JG-26, 5/JG-26 (9/41), 10(Jabo)/JG-26 (3/42)

Awards:Fighter Operational Clasp

Known Aircraft:Bf 109E, Fw 190A, Bf 109F-4/R1 WNr 8352 'White 2+bomb' (lost 6/6/42)

Remarks:KIA 6 June, 1942 after being hit by British AA fire in the Bournemouth raid. He crashed into the Channel on the return flight. Note: I have seen this same AC referred to as 'Bf 109F-4/B', which is probably correct since he was in a Jabo Staffel. Alternate spelling: Gortz.

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    Some of the most widely used Book References:

• Jagdwaffe: Battle of Britain: Phase One: July-August 1940 (Luftwaffe Colours: Volume Two, Section 1) Paperback Eric Mombeek (Author), David Wadman (Author), Eddie J Creek (Author)
• Jagdwaffe: Battle of Britain: Phase Two: August-September 1940 (Luftwaffe Colours: Volume Two, Section 2) Paperback Eric Mombeek (Author), David Wadman (Author), Martin Pegg (Author)
• Jagdwaffe: Battle of Britain: Phase Three: September-October 1940 (Luftwaffe Colours: Volume Two, Section 3) Paperback Eric Mombeek (Author), David Wadman (Author), Martin Pegg (Author)
• Jagdwaffe: Battle of Britain: Phase Four: November 1940-June 1941 (Luftwaffe Colours: Volume Two, Section 4) Paperback Eric Mombeek (Author), David Wadman (Author), Martin Pegg (Author)

    Magazines: +

• Airfix Magazines (English) - http://www.airfix.com/
• Avions (French) - http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/rubrique10.html
• FlyPast (English) - http://www.flypast.com/
• Flugzeug Publikations GmbH (German) - http://vdmedien.com/flugzeug-publikations-gmbh-hersteller_verlag-vdm-heinz-nickel-33.html
• Flugzeug Classic (German) - http://www.flugzeugclassic.de/
• Klassiker (German) - http://shop.flugrevue.de/abo/klassiker-der-luftfahrt
• Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://boutique.editions-lariviere.fr/site/abonnement-le-fana-de-l-aviation-626-4-6.html
• Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://www.pdfmagazines.org/tags/Le+Fana+De+L+Aviation/
• Osprey (English) - http://www.ospreypublishing.com/
• Revi Magazines (Czech) - http://www.revi.cz/

    Web References: +

• Wikipedia.org - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109
• Wikipedia.org - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109_variants#cite_ref-100
• Wikipedia.org - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109_operational_history
• Flickr.com - https://www.flickr.com/photos/farinihouseoflove/2209839419/in/photostream