And for the moment the whole burden of the war rested on the few hundred German fighter pilots on the Channel coast.
ADOLF GALLANDI made a written report which is still today in existence.
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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Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems
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This aircraft didn’t have any priority in design or production.
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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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You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
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Which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
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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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Accompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air.
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It’s unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance.
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I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May ‘43.
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The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first.
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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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Superior technical achievements – used correctly both strategically and tactically
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Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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