Many to whom the first victory over the opponent has been long denied either by unfortunate circumstances
ADOLF GALLANDAnd most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
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I have a photocopy of it, and I am saying that in production this aircraft could perhaps substitute for three propeller- driven aircraft of the best existing type.
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Superior technical achievements – used correctly both strategically and tactically
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Only in the spirit of attack, born in a brave heart,
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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 a fighter pilot I know from my own experiences how decisive surprise and luck can be for success
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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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You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
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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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Flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.
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Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed.
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Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems
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Accompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air.
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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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I made a written report which is still today in existence.
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