Barkhorn flew primarily on the Eastern Front and often flew alongside Hartmann, contributing to the dominance of German pilots in air combat. His skill lay in disciplined teamwork and strategic ...

Adolf Galland, a fearless, cigar-chomping flyer, was the youngest major general in German history. He learned to fly a glider in the post-Versailles days when the Germans were forbidden an air force.

Sixty-three years ago today, James Finnegan, a young Army fighter pilot flying his P-47 over Nazi-occupied Europe, found himself in one of the most storied dogfights of World War II, and at the end of ...

Adolf Galland, 83, one of Germany’s most famous fighter pilots during World War II, died Friday at home in Germany after heart surgery. He is credited with shooting down 104 Allied planes during World ...

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Translation of Die Ersten und die Letzten.