If we would have had the 262 at our disposal – even with all the delays
ADOLF GALLANDFlying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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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 had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, and Norway. I had to be everywhere.
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Which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
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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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Many to whom the first victory over the opponent has been long denied either by unfortunate circumstances
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According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
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Aggressive spirit, joy of action, and the passion of the hunter.
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To use a fighter as a fighter-bomber when the strength of the fighter arm is inadequate to achieve air superiority is putting the cart before the horse.
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This was my impression.
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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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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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The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
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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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