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#4340190 - 02/25/17 12:23 AM Douglas Bader & Adolf Galland  
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This video clip is from 1982 and I figured some of you on SimHQ would find this interesting. It's really great and amazing how these two pilots became friends even with the trials and controversy of WW II.




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#4340192 - 02/25/17 12:29 AM Re: Douglas Bader & Adolf Galland [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Before I even watch it I am NOT surprised they get along at all.

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#4340200 - 02/25/17 12:46 AM Re: Douglas Bader & Adolf Galland [Re: Nixer]  
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Awesome vid, thank you so much for that.


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#4340233 - 02/25/17 05:52 AM Re: Douglas Bader & Adolf Galland [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Thanks Panzer, that was a great watch. thumbsup


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#4340287 - 02/25/17 05:19 PM Re: Douglas Bader & Adolf Galland [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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That was great. Thanks for posting.


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#4340298 - 02/25/17 06:28 PM Re: Douglas Bader & Adolf Galland [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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And how lucky was it that the show was filmed in 1982. That's the year that he passed away!
I had the pleasure of meeting Adolph Galland at Oskosh. Mid to late eighties. Went with a buddy and we were looking at this beautiful 3/4 scale, scratch built, Focke Wulf 190. A chauffeured car drives up, and Galland climbs out of the back seat!!
He was great and fielded a bunch of questions thrown at him from the growing crowd. Photographers came to take pictures. Some time later the EAA Magazine got delivered and I got a call from my friend, also an EAA member.
"Hey Joe," he says. "Did you get the magazine yet?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Take a look on page twenty two," he tells me.
There was Adolph Galland, And close by with some others, was my buddy Cesar and myself. Just thought that being in a photo with one of aviation's legends was pretty cool.


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#4340308 - 02/25/17 07:58 PM Re: Douglas Bader & Adolf Galland [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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@Panzermeyer Thanks for posting, have not seen this before. thumbsup

#4340370 - 02/26/17 02:08 AM Re: Douglas Bader & Adolf Galland [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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No doubt a great find.

I knew all about their relationship but had never seen that segment.

#4340548 - 02/26/17 11:09 PM Re: Douglas Bader & Adolf Galland [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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It makes me sad that both of these men of honor are no longer with us.


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#4340554 - 02/26/17 11:22 PM Re: Douglas Bader & Adolf Galland [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
It makes me sad that both of these men of honor are no longer with us.



It is estimated that only about 600,000 US WWII veterans remain alive. Out of 16 million.


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#4340730 - 02/27/17 03:17 PM Re: Douglas Bader & Adolf Galland [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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