As a fighter pilot I know from my own experiences how decisive surprise and luck can be for success
ADOLF GALLANDLater when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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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Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
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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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Aggressive spirit, joy of action, and the passion of the hunter.
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And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
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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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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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It’s unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance.
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Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.
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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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Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy’s plans.
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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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I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May ‘43.
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