The battle is tough but if you reach where you want to go, then at least in some sense it is worth it.
ADOLF GALLANDPerhaps even more important than being a good pilot; to make the best use of this system.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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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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We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft, but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters
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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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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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If we would have had the 262 at our disposal – even with all the delays
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Which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
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Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability.
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During the Battle of Britain the question “fighter or fighter-bomber?” had been decided once and for all
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Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems
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The fighter can only be used as a bomb carrier with lasting effect when sufficient air superiority has been won.
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The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first.
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And that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
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The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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