The battle is tough but if you reach where you want to go, then at least in some sense it is worth it.
ADOLF GALLANDAt this time, the aircraft was completely secret.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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And that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
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Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.
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The war was lost perhaps, when it was started. At least it was lost in the winter of ’42, in Russia.
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An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side.
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Superior technical achievements – used correctly both strategically and tactically
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Nine g’s is good, if the pilot can stand it.
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According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
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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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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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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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I had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, and Norway. I had to be everywhere.
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As a fighter pilot I know from my own experiences how decisive surprise and luck can be for success
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You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
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Accompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air.
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