Werner Mölders
In November 1941, he was chosen by Göring to command Germany's fighter force as "General der Jagdflieger", succeeding Werner Mölders who had just been killed in an air crash en route to attend the funeral of Ernst Udet. Galland was not enthusiastic about his promotion, seeing himself as a combat leader and not wanting to be "tied to a desk job". He was the youngest General in the armed forces.