Never abandon the possibility of attack.
ADOLF GALLANDIf we could have had in ’44, ah, let’s say three hundred operational
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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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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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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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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This is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories.
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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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I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter.
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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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Tie him to a narrow and confined task, rob him of his initiative, and you take away from him the best and most valuable qualities he posses
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When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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This aircraft didn’t have any priority in design or production.
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The fighter in the opening of a dogfight must detect the opponent as early as possible in order to attain a superior position for the attack.
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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May ‘43.
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Flying is more than a sport and more than a job
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