English had hit upon a splendid joke. The intended to catch me or to bring me down..

Everything depends on whether we have for opponents those French tricksters or those daring rascals, the English. I prefer the English. Frequently th….

The quality of the box matters little. Success depends upon the man who sits in it..

The important thing in aeroplanes is that they shall be speedy..

I honored the fallen enemy by placing a stone on his beautiful grave..

The aggressive spirit, the offensive, is the chief thing everywhere in war, and the air is no exception..

Sometimes, however, the Gaelic blood asserts itself. The Frenchmen will then attack. But the French attacking spirit is like bottled lemonade. It lac….

The murder of a man is still murder, even in wartime..

As a little boy of eleven I entered the Cadet Corps. I was not particularly eager to become a Cadet, but my father wished it. So my wishes were not c….

Everything in the air that is beneath me, especially if it is a one seater . . . is lost, for it cannot shoot to the rear..

When one has shot down one's first, second or third opponent, then one begins to find out how the trick is done..

The duty of the fighter pilot is to patrol his area of the sky, and shoot down any enemy fighters in that area. Anything else is rubbish..

It is better that one's customers come to one's shop than to have to look for them abroad..

In the heat of the Russian summer a sleeping car is the most horrible instrument of martyrdom imaginable..

Fighter pilots rove in the area allotted to them in any way they like, and when they spot an enemy they attack and shoot them down.... Everything els….

Success flourishes only in perseverance ceaseless, restless perseverance..

Fight on and fly on to the last drop of blood and the last drop of fuel, to the last beat of the heart..

What's the hurry? Are you afraid I won't come back?.

If I should come out of this war alive, I will have more luck than brains..

I never was good at learning things. I did just enough work to pass. In my opinion it would have been wrong to do more than was just sufficient, so I….

Whatever Boelcke told us was taken as Gospel!.