Quotes Adolf Galland

According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they we...

And most of these pilots were lost during the first five fli...

I could not claim them because I was not supposed to be flyi...

I flew missions anyway. Absolutely against orders. But I kne...

I had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily...

I made a written report which is still today in existence. I...

I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in M...

If we would have had the 262 at our disposal - even with all...

In the last months we got pilots who had fifty hours total f...

It's unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did t...

Many pilots of the time were the opinion that a fighter pilo...

Nine g's is good, if the pilot can stand it. We couldn't sta...

Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been change...

On this point you had to rotate, or you were lost. At this t...

The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves. Thi...

The Messerschmitt 262 is a good example that you can be succ...

The throttles could only move very, very slowly, always watc...

The whole concept was bad. But in this desperate situation, ...

This would only come if you have a revolutionary change in t...

We had at our disposal the first operational jet, which supe...

We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft, but on...

We have many, many pilots which have been wounded twelve or ...

We were trying to defend ourselves because our mission did n...

When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm,...