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Cees Steijger 31st August 2019 16:36
Galland's Headquarters in Feb 1944
 
Would anybody where (place/location) Galland's HQ/combat center was in Feb 1944 during Big Week?

--Cees

Nick Beale 31st August 2019 17:26
Re: Galland's Headquarters in Feb 1944
 
I'm probably completely wrong about this but as General der Jagdflieger, would he have exercised operational command? I guess he'd have had been working out of an office (maybe at the RLM in Leipziger Straße Berlin) but course he may well have visited one or more of the fighter control centres during Big Week as part of hs job.

SES 1st September 2019 09:55
Re: Galland's Headquarters in Feb 1944
 
Galland did not exercise operational command over the units committed. This was done from Luftflotte Reich, I Jagdkorps and the Jagddivisionen. Please see:
http://www.gyges.dk/Luftwaffe%20comm...lities%202.htm
bregds
SES

Cees Steijger 1st September 2019 13:51
Re: Galland's Headquarters in Feb 1944
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SES (Post 273975)
Galland did not exercise operational command over the units committed. This was done from Luftflotte Reich, I Jagdkorps and the Jagddivisionen. Please see:
http://www.gyges.dk/Luftwaffe%20comm...lities%202.htm
bregds
SES
Thnx! This is helpful.

--Cees

Cees Steijger 1st September 2019 14:06
Re: Galland's Headquarters in Feb 1944
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick Beale (Post 273940)
I'm probably completely wrong about this but as General der Jagdflieger, would he have exercised operational command? I guess he'd have had been working out of an office (maybe at the RLM in Leipziger Straße Berlin) but course he may well have visited one or more of the fighter control centres during Big Week as part of hs job.
Somewhere - I don't know the publication anymore - I read that during the first day of Big Week (20/2-44) Adolf Galland was in his 'Combat Center'. I have no idea where this refers to. It may also have been a romantic interpretation of things...

Nick Beale 1st September 2019 15:19
Re: Galland's Headquarters in Feb 1944
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cees Steijger (Post 273991)
It may also have been a romantic interpretation of things...
If it was the same version of his book that I read, it might be bad translation too (e.g. "flight companion" for Rottenflieger)!


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