What constitutes the legend of Dolfo Galland

[ArtieBob]

IIRC, the story for Galland is a somewhat different than recounted in previous posts. The USAAF established a historical research project in Germany after WWII.
A number of former Luftwaffe and German aircraft industry personalities were invited to participate in this project. This effort was much more than the “interrogation” of POWs (which also was done, but that covered many more personnel and not to the depth of the US study). I am certain that Galland participated in this project and in fact some of the data presented in “The First and the Last” , are exactly the same as in documents at the USAF HRA archives from the German project. IMHO, Galland’s book was a successful attempt to commercialize on his involvement with this project and explains both why it may have appeared in English first, it also may explain his later linkages with USAF and RAF personnel.

Best Regards,

Artie Bob