Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
ADOLF GALLANDI had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, and Norway. I had to be everywhere.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems
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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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The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first.
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Which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
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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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When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
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Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability.
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If we could have had in ’44, ah, let’s say three hundred operational
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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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Never abandon the possibility of attack.
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“He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing,” is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
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It is true to say that the first kill can influence the whole future career of a fighter pilot.
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Accompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air.
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The battle is tough but if you reach where you want to go, then at least in some sense it is worth it.
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