Adolf Galland Quotes

I Had To Inspect All Fighter Units In Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, And Norway. I Had To Be Everywhere.

According To Goering And The Luftwaffe High Command, They Were Supposed To Be The Fighter Elite.

I Would Like To Mention That I Have Flown The 262 First In May ‘43. At This Time, The Aircraft Was Completely Secret. I First Knew Of The Existence Of This Aircraft Only Early In ‘42 - Even In My Position. This Aircraft Didn’t Have Any Priority In Design Or Production.

If We Would Have Had The 262 At Our Disposal - Even With All The Delays - If We Could Have Had In '44, Ah, Let's Say Three Hundred Operational, That Day We Could Have Stopped The American Daytime Bombing Offensive, That's For Sure.

The Colossus Of World War Ii Seemed To Be Like A Pyramid Turned Upside Down, And For The Moment The Whole Burden Of The War Rested On The Few Hundred German Fighter Pilots On The Channel Coast.

During The Battle Of Britain The Question "fighter Or Fighter-bomber?" Had Been Decided Once And For All: The Fighter Can Only Be Used As A Bomb Carrier With Lasting Effect When Sufficient Air Superiority Has Been Won.

We Have Built A Total Of About 1250 Of This Aircraft, But Only Fifty Were Allowed To Be Used As Fighters - As Interceptors. And Out Of This Fifty, There Were Never More Than 25 Operational. So We Had Only A Very, Very Few.

Nine G's Is Good, If The Pilot Can Stand It. We Couldn't Stand It. Not In The Airplanes Of World War Ii.

Of Course, The Outcome Of The War Would Not Have Been Changed. The War Was Lost Perhaps, When It Was Started. At Least It Was Lost In The Winter Of '42, In Russia.

It Is True To Say That The First Kill Can Influence The Whole Future Career Of A Fighter Pilot. Many To Whom The First Victory Over The Opponent Has Been Long Denied Either By Unfortunate Circumstances Or By Bad Luck Can Suffer From Frustration Or Develop Complexes They May Never Rid Themselves Of Again.

The German Luftwaffe Always Fought Without Any Reserves. This Is Also The Reason Why We Have Pilots With Extremely High Numbers Of Victories.

As A Fighter Pilot I Know From My Own Experiences How Decisive Surprise And Luck Can Be For Success, Which In The Long Run Comes Only To The One Who Combines Daring With Cool Thinking.