Fighter GeneralThe official biography of German Luftwaffe general and flying ace Adolf Galland who served throughout WWII in Europe, flying 705 combat missions. Adolf Galland began World War II in Poland, as a lieutenant and squadron commander, flying obsolescent biplanes. He ended the war as a lieutenant generaland was again a squadron commanderthis time flying Me 262 jet fighters. In all of aviation history there is no comparable rise and fall by a fighter pilot.