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- At the closing of hostilities, Galland initiated negoti-
ations with the Allies, offering his unit after capitula-
ting to surrender with his complete inventory of air-
craft, ground equipment and personnel. This is, in the
annals of aerial warfare unprecedented.
JV 44 ew combat operations chiey in southern
Germany from Munich-Riem. By April, 1945, its pilots
racked up some sixty kills. The contribution of JV 44
Adolf Galland (right) in a photo from 1943 taken at the Rechlin testing
center. At this time, Galland had ceased combat ying and served as
General der Jagdieger. Constant animosity with German leadership
progressively isolated him which paradoxically led to his being allowed
to form his own unit, Jagdverband 44, which, besides Me 262s,
also ew Fw 190 Ds. On the left with his arms crossed is Armaments
Minister Albert Speer, and in the middle with the cigar looking at the sky
is Erhard Milch, Goring’s Luftwaffe representative and the man respon-
sible for aircraft production in Germany.
(Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H28056 via Wikimedia Commons)
Airelds in Bavaria and Austria that, at the end of April and beginning of May, 1945, were used by units ying the Fw 190 D-11.(Martin Lébl)
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