As interceptors. And out of this fifty, there were never more than 25 operational. So we had only a very, very few.
ADOLF GALLANDNever abandon the possibility of attack.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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At this time, the aircraft was completely secret.
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“He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing,” is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
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According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
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Or by bad luck can suffer from frustration or develop complexes they may never rid themselves of again.
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The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves.
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Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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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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I made a written report which is still today in existence.
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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 colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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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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Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy’s plans.
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This is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories.
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