Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
ADOLF GALLANDThe colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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Only in the spirit of attack, born in a brave heart,
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The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first.
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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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Flying is more than a sport and more than a job
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According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
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It is true to say that the first kill can influence the whole future career of a fighter pilot.
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I first knew of the existence of this aircraft only early in ‘42 – even in my position.
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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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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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At this time, the aircraft was completely secret.
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And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
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I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter.
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I made a written report which is still today in existence.
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Or by bad luck can suffer from frustration or develop complexes they may never rid themselves of again.
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