This is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories.
ADOLF GALLANDAnd 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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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability.
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Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems
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I have a photocopy of it, and I am saying that in production this aircraft could perhaps substitute for three propeller- driven aircraft of the best existing type.
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Aggressive spirit, joy of action, and the passion of the hunter.
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I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter.
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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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I first knew of the existence of this aircraft only early in ‘42 – even in my position.
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The fighter can only be used as a bomb carrier with lasting effect when sufficient air superiority has been won.
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Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.
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At this time, the aircraft was completely secret.
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“He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing,” is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
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The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
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For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion.
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It’s unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance.
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