According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
ADOLF GALLANDYou could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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“He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing,” is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
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Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy’s plans.
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The fighter can only be used as a bomb carrier with lasting effect when sufficient air superiority has been won.
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The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first.
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Only in the spirit of attack, born in a brave heart,
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Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.
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The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves.
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At this time, the aircraft was completely secret.
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Nine g’s is good, if the pilot can stand it.
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During the Battle of Britain the question “fighter or fighter-bomber?” had been decided once and for all
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I made a written report which is still today in existence.
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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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Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
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Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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