Accompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air.
ADOLF GALLANDThe first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first.
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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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Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy’s plans.
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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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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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Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
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Never abandon the possibility of attack.
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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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Many to whom the first victory over the opponent has been long denied either by unfortunate circumstances
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And that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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Flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.
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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 was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter.
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Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
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And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
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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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I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May ‘43.
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The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
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I made a written report which is still today in existence.
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The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first.
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“He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing,” is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
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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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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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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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