I made a written report which is still today in existence.
ADOLF GALLANDPerhaps even more important than being a good pilot; to make the best use of this system.
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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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To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.
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The battle is tough but if you reach where you want to go, then at least in some sense it is worth it.
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The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first.
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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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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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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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And that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
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This was my impression.
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Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability.
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Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
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Nine g’s is good, if the pilot can stand it.
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Superior technical achievements – used correctly both strategically and tactically
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You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
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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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