We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
ADOLF GALLANDThe war was lost perhaps, when it was started. At least it was lost in the winter of ’42, in Russia.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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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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If we would have had the 262 at our disposal – even with all the delays
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Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
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At this time, the aircraft was completely secret.
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This was my impression.
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As a fighter pilot I know from my own experiences how decisive surprise and luck can be for success
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Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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Which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
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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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And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
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Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed.
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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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This aircraft didn’t have any priority in design or production.
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