sentences:  Hitler visited JG 26 "Schlageter" at Christmas 1940.Hitler dined with a selected group of pilots, among them "Oberleutnant" Gustav Sprick, "Hauptmann" Walter Adolph, "Hauptmann" Rolf Pingel, Galland, Schöpfel and Müncheberg.The war of attrition against the RAF had cost JG 26 "Schlageter" dearly, 7.