The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
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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If we would have had the 262 at our disposal – even with all the delays
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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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I first knew of the existence of this aircraft only early in ‘42 – even in my position.
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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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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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Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.
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During the Battle of Britain the question “fighter or fighter-bomber?” had been decided once and for all
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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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Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed.
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This was my impression.
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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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I had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, and Norway. I had to be everywhere.
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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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Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability.
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