This was my impression.
ADOLF GALLANDIf we could have had in ’44, ah, let’s say three hundred operational
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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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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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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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And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
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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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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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Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
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The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
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Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
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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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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.
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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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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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The fighter in the opening of a dogfight must detect the opponent as early as possible in order to attain a superior position for the attack.
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