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Re: What constitutes the legend of Dolfo Galland
Good night to all!
I tried to communicate with him in 1996, but he died before answering my first letter. I, however, met some airmen who knew him personally and even went to his Funeral. I believe that:
1- He cared about his airmen (as Franek pointed out positively)
2- He tended to surpass himself ( I mean to push his limit up, always ). I remember reading his authorized biography and his earliest flights with gliders when he was 15...always trying to broke records. Later his flights with the Italian Air Force, trying to push the inverted flying record of the base...Later when he was shot down, he went to fly again the same day..and was shot down again!! So, he always seems to have pushed his limits to the LIMIT! I never heard something like that, only when Rawnsley wrote about his wartime experience with W/C John Cunningham (the famous NF ace). It seems that when Cunningham did not land how he wished to, he used to open the throttles again and try to land better! So, those are quite fantastic persons!
I do believe that one single word can resume Adolf Gallandīs personality: CHARACTER!
Those are my humble opinions...from an admirer who never met him personally, only from books or hearing those who met him tell about him....
Yours
Adriano
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