The fighter can only be used as a bomb carrier with lasting effect when sufficient air superiority has been won.
ADOLF GALLANDIf we would have had the 262 at our disposal – even with all the delays
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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I made a written report which is still today in existence.
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Never abandon the possibility of attack.
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I have a photocopy of it, and I am saying that in production this aircraft could perhaps substitute for three propeller- driven aircraft of the best existing type.
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Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability.
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The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves.
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At this time, the aircraft was completely secret.
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You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
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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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If we would have had the 262 at our disposal – even with all the delays
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Only in the spirit of attack, born in a brave heart,
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I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter.
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This aircraft didn’t have any priority in design or production.
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Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
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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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Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed.
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