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gptkbp:instanceOf
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aircraft
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gptkbp:aircraft
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gptkb:Focke-Wulf_Fw_190
Messerschmitt Bf 109
Messerschmitt Me 262
over 1,000 hours
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Oak_Leaves_to_the_Knight's_Cross
gptkb:Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross
gptkb:Swords_to_the_Knight's_Cross
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gptkbp:battle
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:born
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March 19, 1912
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gptkbp:children
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3
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gptkbp:commanded
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Jagdgeschwader 26
Jagdgeschwader 51
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gptkbp:died
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February 9, 1996
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Adolph Galland
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gptkbp:influenced
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Aerial combat tactics
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Hermann_Graf
gptkb:Karl-Heinz_Becker
gptkb:Hugo_Junkers
gptkb:Erich_Hartmann
gptkb:Hermann_Göring
gptkb:Wilhelm_Balthasar
gptkb:Wolfgang_Späte
gptkb:Kurt_Tank
gptkb:Günther_Rall
gptkb:Erhard_Milch
Hans-Joachim Marseille
Walter Krupinski
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gptkbp:knownFor
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gptkb:Leading_Luftwaffe_fighter_units
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gptkbp:militaryService
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1932–1945
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gptkbp:nationality
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German
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gptkbp:notableQuote
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"I have never seen a fighter pilot who was not a little bit of a poet."
"In the end, it is the man who makes the machine."
"The fighter is the king of the battlefield."
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gptkbp:placeOfBirth
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gptkb:Wehrstedt,_Germany
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gptkbp:placeOfDeath
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gptkb:Burgdorf,_Switzerland
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gptkbp:postWarCareer
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Author
Public speaker
Aviation consultant
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gptkbp:rank
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Generalmajor
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gptkbp:servedIn
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gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkb:Battle_of_Britain
Battle of the Bulge
Operation Bodenplatte
Defense of the Reich
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gptkbp:serviceBranch
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gptkb:Luftwaffe
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Hildegard_Galland
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