We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft, but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters
ADOLF GALLANDAs 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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This aircraft didn’t have any priority in design or production.
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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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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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According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
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I made a written report which is still today in existence.
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The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
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Flying is more than a sport and more than a job
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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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Nine g’s is good, if the pilot can stand it.
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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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Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems
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Aggressive spirit, joy of action, and the passion of the hunter.
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For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion.
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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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Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed.
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