An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side.
ADOLF GALLAND“He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing,” is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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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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It is true to say that the first kill can influence the whole future career of a fighter pilot.
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You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
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The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
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Aggressive spirit, joy of action, and the passion of the hunter.
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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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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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This was my impression.
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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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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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I have a photocopy of it, and I am saying that in production this aircraft could perhaps substitute for three propeller- driven aircraft of the best existing type.
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If we could have had in ’44, ah, let’s say three hundred operational
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Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.
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