Like the hunter who stalks his prey and maneuvers himself unnoticed into the most favourable position for the kill
ADOLF GALLANDLike the hunter who stalks his prey and maneuvers himself unnoticed into the most favourable position for the kill
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If we could have had in ’44, ah, let’s say three hundred operational
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I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter.
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Many to whom the first victory over the opponent has been long denied either by unfortunate circumstances
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Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed.
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And for the moment the whole burden of the war rested on the few hundred German fighter pilots on the Channel coast.
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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
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Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems
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The fighter in the opening of a dogfight must detect the opponent as early as possible in order to attain a superior position for the attack.
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Aggressive spirit, joy of action, and the passion of the hunter.
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Many pilots of the time were the opinion that a fighter pilot in a closed cockpit was an impossible thing, because you should smell the enemy.
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As interceptors. And out of this fifty, there were never more than 25 operational. So we had only a very, very few.
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I had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, and Norway. I had to be everywhere.
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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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