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 GALLANDThis is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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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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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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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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Or by bad luck can suffer from frustration or develop complexes they may never rid themselves of again.
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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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During the Battle of Britain the question “fighter or fighter-bomber?” had been decided once and for all
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I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May ‘43.
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Never abandon the possibility of attack.
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Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.
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To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.
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If we would have had the 262 at our disposal – even with all the delays
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And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
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Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems
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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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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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