1996 Death Adolf Galland, general (Luftwaffe), dies at 83 1972 Death Friedrich Christian Christiansen, German Luftwaffe general, dies 1944 Event Luftwaffe bombs Eindhoven: 200 killed 1944 Death Korten, chef General of Germany Luftwaffe, dies in bomb explosion 1942 Event Luftwaffe bombs Stalingrad 1942 Event Luftwaffe bombs Canterbury 1942 Event Luftwaffe bombs Exeter 1942 Event Luftwaffe bombs Bath 1942 Event Luftwaffe bombs Bath 1942 Event Luftwaffe bombs Exeter 1942 Event Luftwaffe bombs Exeter 1941 Event Luftwaffe bombs German 23rd division 1940 Event Luftwaffe bombs Spitfire-factory in Southampton 1940 Event Luftwaffe bombs Spitfire-factory in Southampton 1940 Event Luftwaffe attacks center of London 1940 Event Luftwaffe bombs Bristol Aeroplane Company 1940 Event Tide turns in Battle of Britain in WW II, RAF beats Luftwaffe 1940 Event Luftwaffe loses 41 bombers above England 1940 Event Fighter Command loses 39/Luftwaffe 41 airplanes 1940 Event Luftwaffe bombs London 1940 Event German Luftwaffe begins night bombing on London 1940 Event Luftwaffe bombs British radar stations, loses 31 aircrafts 1939 Event German Luftwaffe strikes Warsaw with (fire)bombs 1937 Event German Luftwaffe destroys Basque town of Guernica in Spain 1935 Event Hermann Goering officially creates German Air Force, the Luftwaffe 1935 Event Germany begin Luftwaffe operation, under Reichsmarshall H Goering