Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
ADOLF GALLANDI had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, and Norway. I had to be everywhere.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
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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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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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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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No engine vibrations. No torque and no lashing sound of the propeller.
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We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft, but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters
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I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May ‘43.
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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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At this time, the aircraft was completely secret.
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The battle is tough but if you reach where you want to go, then at least in some sense it is worth it.
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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 first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first.
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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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It’s unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance.
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