Flying is more than a sport and more than a job
ADOLF GALLANDWe couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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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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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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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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Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed.
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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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And that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
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When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
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Which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
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I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter.
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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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And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
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To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.
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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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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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