Aggressive spirit, joy of action, and the passion of the hunter.
ADOLF GALLANDDuring the Battle of Britain the question “fighter or fighter-bomber?” had been decided once and for all
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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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Many to whom the first victory over the opponent has been long denied either by unfortunate circumstances
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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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This is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories.
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Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems
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If we could have had in ’44, ah, let’s say three hundred operational
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Like the hunter who stalks his prey and maneuvers himself unnoticed into the most favourable position for the kill
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According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
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Never abandon the possibility of attack.
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At this time, the aircraft was completely secret.
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Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
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The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves.
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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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Accompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air.
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