Werner Mölders
Malan and his senior pilots also decided to abandon the Vic formation used by the RAF, and turned to a looser formation (the "finger-four") similar to the four aircraft "Schwarm" the "Luftwaffe" had developed during the Spanish Civil War. Legend has it that on 28 July he met Werner Mölders in combat, damaging his plane and wounding him, but failing to bring him down. Recent research has suggested however that Mölders was wounded in a fight with No. 41 Squadron RAF.