Yes and he and Robert Stanford Tuck, the British ace became close friends after the war. My husband, a retired aviator, and I met Adolph Galland at aviation dinners. When asked what plane he would prefer to fly, he did not endear himself to his leader when he said the Spitfire.
I remember reading that in Galland’s book.
He then explained that he said it just to irritate Goering. As a matter of fact he said he thought the BF-109 was really just as good as the Spitfire.