Jagdgeschwader 26
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Jagdgeschwader 26 Schlageter was a German fighter-wing of World War II. It was named after Albert Leo Schlageter, a World War I veteran, Freikorps member, and posthumous Nazi martyr, arrested and exec
Bf 109 E, JG 1, similar to those flown by JG 26 in 1940
JG 26 Bf 109 E-3, displayed at the Imperial War Museum Duxford.
Bf 109 E-3; JG 26 operated the E-1, 3 and 4 in 1940. It was more heavily armed than the E-1. Note the 87 octane triangle on the fuselage
The captured Bf 109 F-2 piloted by Rolf Pingel, commanding II. Gruppe. He force-landed in England and was captured.
Adolf Galland
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Adolf Josef Ferdinand Galland 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
Jagdgeschwader 26
…1940 it served in the Battle of Belgium and Battle of France. From July 1940 it operated over England in the Battle of Britain under the command of Adolf Galland, future General der Jagdflieger. JG 26 remained in France and Belgium fighting against the RAF Fighter Command Circus offensive in 1941 and 1942, with…
Galland as Oberstleutnant
Galland trained on a Focke-Wulf Fw 44J
Messerschmitt Bf 109Es, 1940. Galland flew the Bf 109 in air-to-air combat for the first time over France and Belgium.
Galland's Messerschmitt Bf 109E