Birth: March 19, 1912 Death: February 9, 1996
Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy. Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his abilit….
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 carr….
I had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, and Norway. I had to be everywhere..
When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm, I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter. And that's when we did it. I t….
Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems, perhaps even more important than being a good pilot; to ma….
Many pilots of the time were the opinion that a fighter pilot in a closed cockpit was an impossible thing, because you should smell the enemy. You co….
According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite..
Flying is more than a sport and more than a job; flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime..