In all of aviation history there is no comparable rise and fall by a fighter pilot. Adolf Galland began World War II in Poland, as a lieutenant and squadron commander, flying obsolescent biplanes. He ended the war as a Lieutenant General - and was again a squadron commander - this time flying Me 262 jet fighters. The most famous German ace and fighter leader of his generation, Galland's story is simultaneously that of the Luftwaffe Fighter Arm, in which he served from foundation to finish. Galland's battles against Allied air forces, both as a general and in individual combat, hold no less drama than his head-on battles with Goering and Hitler. Here in this Official Biography is the real-life adventure to shame the wildest fiction.

Col R.F. Toliver, Trevor J. Constable. 216 pp. with over 140 b&w photographs, & 10 color aircraft profiles. Large Format Hardback.