And for the moment the whole burden of the war rested on the few hundred German fighter pilots on the Channel coast.
ADOLF GALLANDAttack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy’s plans.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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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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Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.
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Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability.
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To use a fighter as a fighter-bomber when the strength of the fighter arm is inadequate to achieve air superiority is putting the cart before the horse.
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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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Superior technical achievements – used correctly both strategically and tactically
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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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As a fighter pilot I know from my own experiences how decisive surprise and luck can be for success
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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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This aircraft didn’t have any priority in design or production.
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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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Aggressive spirit, joy of action, and the passion of the hunter.
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No engine vibrations. No torque and no lashing sound of the propeller.
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I made a written report which is still today in existence.
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