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Galland
Bf-109E-4 W.Nr. 5819
Flown by Obstlt. Adolf Galland

Kommodore of JG 26 December 1940. The first of three 109's displaying the Schlageter Geschwader insignia and Galland's personal 'Mickeymaus' emblem. Galland became the Wehrmacht's youngest General at the age of 30 with 104 victories and claimed to have the only cigar lighter equipped 109 in the Luftwaffe. This is the second of his E model.
A Multi-piece panel in RLM colors.

Nose Art gave identity, character, and humor to impersonal machinery in ways that a serial number never could. It made the members of the crew feel special, believing that their plane and their painting would bring them luck and get them safely home.
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