According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
ADOLF GALLANDI made a written report which is still today in existence.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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Accompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air.
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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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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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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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This aircraft didn’t have any priority in design or production.
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The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
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“He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing,” is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
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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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Nine g’s is good, if the pilot can stand it.
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If we could have had in ’44, ah, let’s say three hundred operational
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Many to whom the first victory over the opponent has been long denied either by unfortunate circumstances
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Which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
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The fighter in the opening of a dogfight must detect the opponent as early as possible in order to attain a superior position for the attack.
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Flying is more than a sport and more than a job
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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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