That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
ADOLF GALLANDWe couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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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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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Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability.
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Flying is more than a sport and more than a job
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For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion.
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Superior technical achievements – used correctly both strategically and tactically
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Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.
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“He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing,” is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
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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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You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
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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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Like the hunter who stalks his prey and maneuvers himself unnoticed into the most favourable position for the kill
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This was my impression.
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At this time, the aircraft was completely secret.
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