It’s unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance.
ADOLF GALLANDWhich in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
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Never abandon the possibility of attack.
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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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If we could have had in ’44, ah, let’s say three hundred operational
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Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems
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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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The war was lost perhaps, when it was started. At least it was lost in the winter of ’42, in Russia.
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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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I made a written report which is still today in existence.
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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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Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed.
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I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May ‘43.
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Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
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The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves.
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