Head for Home by Anthony Saunders (P) NRG491 When Galland made the much

When Galland made the much quoted comment about the Spitfires to Göring he was unbelievably vexed at the lack of understanding and stubbornness with which the command gave us orders we could not execute and so made the comment as a retort to Göring

flames streaming from its wing

The additional portrait is of German Ace Gunther Rall

including the Artillery brigade led by Drouot

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Head for Home by Anthony Saunders (P) NRG491 When Galland made the muchAS6P. Head for Home by Anthony Saunders. When a fighter escort with a bombers range first appeared over Berlin, Goering knew the end of the war was only a matter of time. when that particular fighter escort turned out to be the Mustang, perhaps the most outstanding of all WWII fighters, the time was all too short. Unlike the RAFs Spitfire and Hurricane, that had succeeded in the Battle of Britain, Goerings Luftwaffe failed to protect its own air