Or by bad luck can suffer from frustration or develop complexes they may never rid themselves of again.
ADOLF GALLANDTo be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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If we could have had in ’44, ah, let’s say three hundred operational
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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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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 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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Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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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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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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I first knew of the existence of this aircraft only early in ‘42 – even in my position.
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Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.
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You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
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An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side.
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To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.
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Never abandon the possibility of attack.
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The battle is tough but if you reach where you want to go, then at least in some sense it is worth it.
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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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