The war was lost perhaps, when it was started. At least it was lost in the winter of ’42, in Russia.
ADOLF GALLANDWe have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft, but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters
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Perhaps even more important than being a good pilot; to make the best use of this system.
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For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion.
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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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This aircraft didn’t have any priority in design or production.
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According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
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Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
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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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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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When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
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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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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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Flying is more than a sport and more than a job
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