The fighter can only be used as a bomb carrier with lasting effect when sufficient air superiority has been won.
ADOLF GALLANDAs a fighter pilot I know from my own experiences how decisive surprise and luck can be for success
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Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed.
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As a fighter pilot I know from my own experiences how decisive surprise and luck can be for success
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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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Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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At this time, the aircraft was completely secret.
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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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Superior technical achievements – used correctly both strategically and tactically
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Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy’s plans.
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An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side.
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And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
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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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Like the hunter who stalks his prey and maneuvers himself unnoticed into the most favourable position for the kill
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According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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