It’s unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance.
ADOLF GALLANDAccording to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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Tie him to a narrow and confined task, rob him of his initiative, and you take away from him the best and most valuable qualities he posses
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To use a fighter as a fighter-bomber when the strength of the fighter arm is inadequate to achieve air superiority is putting the cart before the horse.
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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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No engine vibrations. No torque and no lashing sound of the propeller.
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And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
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Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems
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At this time, the aircraft was completely secret.
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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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Or by bad luck can suffer from frustration or develop complexes they may never rid themselves of again.
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Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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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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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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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy’s plans.
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