I made a written report which is still today in existence.
ADOLF GALLANDNever abandon the possibility of attack.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
-
-
This aircraft didn’t have any priority in design or production.
ADOLF GALLAND -
Which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
ADOLF GALLAND -
Flying is more than a sport and more than a job
ADOLF GALLAND -
I had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, and Norway. I had to be everywhere.
ADOLF GALLAND -
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.
ADOLF GALLAND -
At this time, the aircraft was completely secret.
ADOLF GALLAND -
This was my impression.
ADOLF GALLAND -
Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.
ADOLF GALLAND -
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.
ADOLF GALLAND -
We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
ADOLF GALLAND -
Nine g’s is good, if the pilot can stand it.
ADOLF GALLAND -
The battle is tough but if you reach where you want to go, then at least in some sense it is worth it.
ADOLF GALLAND -
When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
ADOLF GALLAND -
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
ADOLF GALLAND -
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.
ADOLF GALLAND






