According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
ADOLF GALLANDThis often results in improving one’s own position.
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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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Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy’s plans.
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I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter.
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At this time, the aircraft was completely secret.
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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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The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first.
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The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves.
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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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Which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
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An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side.
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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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If we could have had in ’44, ah, let’s say three hundred operational
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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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