Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.
ADOLF GALLANDAggressive spirit, joy of action, and the passion of the hunter.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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Superior technical achievements – used correctly both strategically and tactically
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When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
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Many to whom the first victory over the opponent has been long denied either by unfortunate circumstances
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No engine vibrations. No torque and no lashing sound of the propeller.
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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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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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Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
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According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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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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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 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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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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