Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability.
ADOLF GALLANDAttack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy’s plans.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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To use a fighter as a fighter-bomber when the strength of the fighter arm is inadequate to achieve air superiority is putting the cart before the horse.
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And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
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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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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
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Which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
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The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves.
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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side.
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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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This aircraft didn’t have any priority in design or production.
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If we would have had the 262 at our disposal – even with all the delays
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Never abandon the possibility of attack.
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Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.
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