Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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Perhaps even more important than being a good pilot; to make the best use of this system.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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Only in the spirit of attack, born in a brave heart,
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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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This aircraft didn’t have any priority in design or production.
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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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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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According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
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And that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
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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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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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It’s unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance.
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We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft, but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters
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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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The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first.
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