JV 44, Galland's last mission

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@oleriis-vestergaard6844 4 ай бұрын

Adolf Galland was a consultan on the movie Battle of Britain and flew a Me-109 with a Rolls-Royce engine ( Spanish build) , and he later remembered the strange feeling of flying over London yet again back then in 1970 - Adolf was around 60 years old then but I will not be surpriced if he flew other airplanes even at the old age.

@tominva4121 Жыл бұрын

Excellent production! Looking forward to your future works. P.S. I have two Reidel starter motors from an ME 262 in my basement. Just need the rest of the plane.

@JeffsAirplaneCabinet Жыл бұрын

An Me 262 starter motor seems like an odd thing to come upon, much less two of them. Glad you liked the Galland video. I was distracted by the war in Ukraine but I'm working on a US 4th Fighter Group video now.

@tominva4121 Жыл бұрын

@@JeffsAirplaneCabinet - My father traded a trailer for them in the 1950s. They were discards from the University of Minnesota. Originally meant to build go-carts for us kids.

@bagoistvan3182 9 ай бұрын

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@JeffsAirplaneCabinet Жыл бұрын

I redid this video a second time to incorporate info that was new to me in books by Forsyth and Heaton where it didn't conflict with Galland's original story (it appears his stories tend to change with each telling). I also tried to improve some of the problematic things viewers pointed out. The following are some comments from the previous version of this video. A link to the previous video can be found in the video description. John Basiglone People should research and learn about the rift between Galland and Goering(The 'Fat One'). At first Galland was Goering's favorite. But as the war drew on, Galland and Goering were butting heads over tactics and Goering's unreal expectations of the fighter corps. The Luftwaffe fighters were spread thin and after the cadre of experienced pilots grew thin as a result of countless missions, the newer pilots were rushed into combat and were cannon fodder for allied fighters and bomber formations. Goering was castigating the fighter corps at every turn and mandating tactics that Galland found unsuitable. After a time, 1943 to 1944, Galland and the top aces arrived at the conclusion that Goering's position as the Luftwaffe commander had become untenable. Ergo the evening of the Fighter Pilot's Mutiny, which Galland purposely did not attend. It went over like a lead balloon and Goering was out for blood. Several top fighter aces were reassigned and sent to the far reaches of the theater. But Goering wanted Galland. Galland went incognito and finally sent word to Hitler to somehow intercede and call off Goering. Hitler told Goering to call off his crusade to arrest, jail and possibly execute Galland. Ultimately, Hitler allowed Galland to form JV44. Some believe that Hitler and Goering did this not to appease Galland, but as a means to get rid of him as he would probably die as a result of flying the jet or as a combat loss. They all knew the war was lost at that time. --- --- William Lemmond My Dad, a US Air Force and Virginia Air National Guard fighter pilot, had a paperback copy of The First and the Last. I read it back in the 1970s, when I was in junior high school. School was harsh for me, back then. Reading was an escape. I liked the book. I also recall scenes with an actor playing Galland in "The Battle of Britain." I remember Goering asking what Galland wanted, and Galland answering "a squadron of Spitfires." Alan Hunter-Craig He didn't mean the aircraft but the freedom of RAF fighters to seek and destroy after Goering had ordered his fighters to accompany the bombers and thereby lose any advantage. He flew a captured Spitfire but preferred the ME 109 --- --- Stuart Ahrens Yes this man who was one of my favourite Fighter aces and he knew that the war was lost in 1943. But he said that we kept flying out to meet with the Allies and he said that the 262 would have made things more even if this plane would have been in service at the end of 1943. The 8th air force would have been in trouble if the German air force would have done better. But Hitler was involved in the plane being a bomber not a interceptor. Galland knew that this plane would have been great for the use of the 262 with pilots like Galland knew how to use it --- --- sona cotra Games not fluid at all!axe, blows above the buildings of the game especially on big cities. Despite very large configurations.a absolutely avoided! --- ---- Chopper Girl if by attacked, you mean molasses excrutiatingly slowly sliding down the side of a jar and suddenly hitting the table and making it sticky... then yeah, attacked. --- --- Rodrigo Goncalves He was a consultant when they made the movie Battle of Britain. He did a acrobatic display with one of the ME109s used on the movie, just to prove who he had been. Funny thing: the ME109s used on the movie, had Merlin engines... Jeff's Airplane Cabinet That's impressive that Galland was still flying 109s 24 years after the war ended. That would have been great if he had been in any of the movie scenes! I was never a big fan of the odd look of those Merlin-powered 109s. --- --- Jeffrey Tong His name wasn’t Gàlland - his name was Gallànd! --- --- Ronald Harrison Amazing aircraft for the time period. Jeff's Airplane Cabinet Yes and turbojets might possibly have arrived even sooner. Frank Whittle patented the turbojet engine in 1930 with aircraft in mind. --- --- Finn Carl Bomholt Sørensen An American officer collected High Tech German weapons after the war and he was told by a proud German crew, that even in the field a skilled German crew could change an engine on a 262 in half an hour! So the short lifespan of one was only a problem if they hadn't spares. I wonder how long it took to change an engine on a Meteor? --- --- Bernard Edwards Your jets make a similar sound to piston engines, but in my experience jets sound quite different. Your sirens make the same sound as British sirens, which I often heard during the war, but German sirens sounded different, so your sound effects need working on. I thought it was odd that Galland had been collected by a WW1 tank. Jeff's Airplane Cabinet It hadn't occurred to me that air raid siren sound varies. Very observant. Bernard Edwards @Jeff's Airplane Cabinet If you choose the right WW2 documentary about Allied air raids, you can not only hear how German sirens sounded, but borrow the sound for your videos. modern millennials wouldnt know the difference, but elderly people would. --- --- Paul Everitt You need to tighten up your edit. I watched it a t 2X speed. --- --- Tessa Le Roux Gallant was an Ace and such a nice man.. May his Soul RIP. Salute and Respect Wedgenut Tanker Adolph Galland. Not Gallant Kenny Gottlieb @Wedgenut Tanker just Dolfo as he was called, they where All aces, read about Steinhoff i Think Eric Hartmann was there to.. --- --- Big Sky 1991 My Grandfather was a B-17 Pilot and later Squadron XO at Wars end who stayed on active duty until the 60s. While stationed in Wiesbaden in the 50s, he was invited to a Deutcher Jagdfliegerverband Vets meeting in Hamburg where US and British Officers were also invited to attend. There were some Egos and hurt feelings to deal with, but after copious amounts of Whisky were downed, a wave of humor washed over the affair when Gen. Galland told my Grandfather "You Ami's had it all wrong with your Bombing Campaign..." there was a long silence... My Grandfather had vivid and haunting memories of the losses he witnessed...and of course the German Vets were bitter about the 8th Air Force bombing German cities and having killed so many innocent civilians. Then Galland said "Had you only bombed the "Stempelfabrike" (the official stamp factories) the War would have ended in a week! Because in Germany, nothing happens or moves without someone stamping the documents! No stamps, no War"! Then everyone laughed and drank...realizing the absurdity of it all. Jeff's Airplane Cabinet Thanks! That made me laugh. Baba Ganoush Excellent --- --- Gute Wasser @Jeff's Airplane Cabinet it has a very german flavor to it, its not so much funny as westerners see it, more in the nietzschiean sense, which shows how ingrained in us it is --- --- fleuger99 Great vid including the historical information. PS. try pronouncing his name correctly, it is his name :) --- --- Justin This story is wrong. As Galland approached the last B-26 his third to confirm if it was a kill Tsgt Henry Dietz a B-26 gunner shot at Galland’s 262 as he slowed down to observe. Galland’s Me 262 was already smoking and damaged when the P-47 jumped him as he was already a wounded sitting duck. The P-47 pilot James Finnegan “Irish Shallalah” testified to this. Galland now had both jet engines blown out and crash landed dead stick under fire from more P-47s. Do better research next time. --- --- Leopard Curious your citation regarding Lutzow. He ended up crashing at high speed according to witnesses remarks after bouncing some American medium bombers and being chased by Thunderbolts. The plane wreckage was never to be found, nor his body. Jeff's Airplane Cabinet Nice you noticed the Lützow reference. Galland and Lützow worked together in the Luftwaffe staff and seemed to be quite fond of each other. Galland didn't seem to write much in his book about Lützow aside from short references here and there. From Stigler's book: On the ride home on that last mission, Lützow didn't respond to radio queries about his condition and mysteriously banked away from three other Me 262s. There was speculation by Krupinski that Lützow might have suffered a fatal wound and deliberately flew his jet into the ground rather than be shot down by the P-47s. There was also speculation that he lost the will to continue or that he was making amends for the moral mistake of serving his country. Erwin R. Not Curios ...it was German Future Technology 1940 ...Amerika in Jeahr1900 ...Paperplanes ! @Jeff's Airplane Cabinet Thanks for sharing it with me. Never read Stigler 's book. I think it might be correct stating that either way Lutzow didn't care our didn't want to survive the war. --- --- Esa Juhani Rintamäki Someone cursed bloody nazi pilots here. It had to be remembered that Luftwaffe pilots tried to protect civilians, their wives and children to be bombed to death. It does not matter if their wives were members in NS-Frauenschaft or BDM. And it is a sharp fact, that American pilots were ordered to kill by shooting German jet pilots in parachutes. --- ---

@vilson.farias Жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks a lot!

@Skans153 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting and well presented video as always👍

@JeffsAirplaneCabinet Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you found it interesting.

@jerryumfress9030 9 ай бұрын

These German pilots were fighting for each other

@yorkan213swd6 8 ай бұрын

And for a government who killed 44 million people. Do not forget.

@yorkan213swd6 8 ай бұрын

And for a government who killed deliberately millions of people you forget to mention.

@Gunthazv2 6 ай бұрын

Hartmann refused to leave his JG at the end of the war to be arrested by americans instead of russians, he chose to stay with his young pilots and go to russia

@Calatriste54 2 ай бұрын

"A house divided against it's self.."