The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
ADOLF GALLANDFlying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.
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It’s unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance.
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Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems
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I made a written report which is still today in existence.
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Flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.
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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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When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
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I have a photocopy of it, and I am saying that in production this aircraft could perhaps substitute for three propeller- driven aircraft of the best existing type.
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As interceptors. And out of this fifty, there were never more than 25 operational. So we had only a very, very few.
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According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
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For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion.
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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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Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability.
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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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