At this time, the aircraft was completely secret.
ADOLF GALLANDCan beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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This aircraft didn’t have any priority in design or production.
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It is true to say that the first kill can influence the whole future career of a fighter pilot.
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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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I first knew of the existence of this aircraft only early in ‘42 – even in my position.
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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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This is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories.
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I made a written report which is still today in existence.
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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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Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
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The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves.
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If we could have had in ’44, ah, let’s say three hundred operational
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To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.
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Flying is more than a sport and more than a job
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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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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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