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.
ADOLF GALLANDI had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, and Norway. I had to be everywhere.
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If we could have had in ’44, ah, let’s say three hundred operational
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I made a written report which is still today in existence.
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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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As a fighter pilot I know from my own experiences how decisive surprise and luck can be for success
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You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
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Like the hunter who stalks his prey and maneuvers himself unnoticed into the most favourable position for the kill
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For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion.
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And that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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If we would have had the 262 at our disposal – even with all the delays
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I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter.
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Or by bad luck can suffer from frustration or develop complexes they may never rid themselves of again.
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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy’s plans.
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