Werner Mölders
Videos
Werner Mölders was a World War II German Luftwaffe pilot, wing commander, and the leading German fighter ace in the Spanish Civil War. He became the first pilot in aviation history to shoot down 100 e
Mölders as Oberstleutnant
Kurfürstenhaus (left) in Brandenburg, purchased by the Riedel family in 1902.
Schwarm formation and cross-over turn
Theo Osterkamp's birthday party on 15 April 1941; from left to right: Major Wenzel (Mölders' aide), Adolf Galland, Mölders and Osterkamp
Adolf Galland
Videos
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
Werner Mölders
…service, and arrived by sea in Cádiz on 14 April 1938. He was assigned to the 3. Staffel (3rd squadron) of Jagdgruppe 88 (J/88) commanded by Oberleutnant Adolf Galland. The unit, stationed at the Valencia–Ebro front, was equipped with the Heinkel He 51, but later switched to the Messerschmitt Bf 109. Mölders assumed…
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