Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland
1914–1943 (age 29)
Biography
Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland, born in 1914, trained as an airman and served with the German air service during World War II, demonstrating skill and determination even as the skies grew more dangerous. He flew numerous missions, each undertaken with focus and a sense of duty.
He fell in 1943 and now lies at Lommel German War Cemetery, where visitors reflect on the cost of combat and the young lives entrusted with its hazards.