Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems
ADOLF GALLANDAnd that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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Never abandon the possibility of attack.
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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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This aircraft didn’t have any priority in design or production.
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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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This is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories.
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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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And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
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When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
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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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During the Battle of Britain the question “fighter or fighter-bomber?” had been decided once and for all
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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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It is true to say that the first kill can influence the whole future career of a fighter pilot.
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The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves.
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Perhaps even more important than being a good pilot; to make the best use of this system.
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