Werner Mölders, a fighter pilot who scored a number of victories in the Battle of Britain, was the most significant and influential pilot in the Luftwaffe. He was only a year younger than Galland with whom he served in Spain in the Condor Legion. It was during the missions over Spain that he had developed the key German fighter tactics. This was a formation consisting of two pairs (each pair known as a Rotte) of aircraft in a formation called the Schwarm. When adopted by the RAF, it was rechristened the Finger Four. The point of this revolutionary change was that it gave the pilots clear visibility and flexibility in responding to enemy attack.

Mölders was a very strong character as well as being a natural pilot. He was a staunch Catholic and retained his faith despite the regime, until his death in a flying accident in late 1941.
He left a record whose influence long outlasted his life. It is still felt to this day.