We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft, but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters
ADOLF GALLANDMany to whom the first victory over the opponent has been long denied either by unfortunate circumstances
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If we would have had the 262 at our disposal – even with all the delays
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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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Accompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air.
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The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves.
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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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At this time, the aircraft was completely secret.
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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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And that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
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Never abandon the possibility of attack.
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Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability.
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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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The fighter can only be used as a bomb carrier with lasting effect when sufficient air superiority has been won.
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The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
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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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