The war was lost perhaps, when it was started. At least it was lost in the winter of ’42, in Russia.
ADOLF GALLANDAccompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
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Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed.
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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves.
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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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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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For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion.
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You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
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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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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
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No engine vibrations. No torque and no lashing sound of the propeller.
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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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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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