For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion.
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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Nine g’s is good, if the pilot can stand it.
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Tie him to a narrow and confined task, rob him of his initiative, and you take away from him the best and most valuable qualities he posses
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And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
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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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According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
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Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed.
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I made a written report which is still today in existence.
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Only in the spirit of attack, born in a brave heart,
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Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems
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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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When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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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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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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Superior technical achievements – used correctly both strategically and tactically
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