No engine vibrations. No torque and no lashing sound of the propeller.
ADOLF GALLANDWhen I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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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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I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May ‘43.
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An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side.
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Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.
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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
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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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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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And that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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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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“He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing,” is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
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Never abandon the possibility of attack.
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The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first.
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