Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.
ADOLF GALLANDI made a written report which is still today in existence.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves.
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Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
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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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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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Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy’s plans.
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Only in the spirit of attack, born in a brave heart,
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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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If we would have had the 262 at our disposal – even with all the delays
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I had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, and Norway. I had to be everywhere.
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This was my impression.
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We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft, but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters
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And that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
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Nine g’s is good, if the pilot can stand it.
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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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It is true to say that the first kill can influence the whole future career of a fighter pilot.
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