Many pilots of the time were the opinion that a fighter pilot in a closed cockpit was an impossible thing, because you should smell the enemy.
ADOLF GALLANDAs interceptors. And out of this fifty, there were never more than 25 operational. So we had only a very, very few.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
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The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
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The war was lost perhaps, when it was started. At least it was lost in the winter of ’42, in Russia.
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Flying is more than a sport and more than a job
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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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As a fighter pilot I know from my own experiences how decisive surprise and luck can be for success
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You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
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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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Perhaps even more important than being a good pilot; to make the best use of this system.
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Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability.
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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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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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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first.
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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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