Adolf Galland said that the day we took our fighters off the bombers and put them against the German fighters, that is, went from defensive to offsensive, Germany lost the air war. I made that decision and it was my most important decision during World War II. As you can imagine, the bomber crews were upset. The fighter pilots were ecstatic.
The function and Navy in any future war will be to support the dominant air arm. - Jimmy Doolittle
The function and Navy in any future war will be to support the dominant air arm.
- Jimmy Doolittle
Adolf Galland said that the day we took our fighters off the bombers and put them against the German fighters, that is, went from defensive to offsen… - Jimmy Doolittle
Adolf Galland said that the day we took our fighters off the bombers and put them against the German fighters, that is, went from defensive to offsen…
I could never be so lucky again - Jimmy Doolittle
I could never be so lucky again
If we should have to fight, we should be prepared to do so from the neck up instead of from the neck down. - Jimmy Doolittle
If we should have to fight, we should be prepared to do so from the neck up instead of from the neck down.
Germany may have recovered a flying saucer as early as 1939 - Jimmy Doolittle
Germany may have recovered a flying saucer as early as 1939
I am not a very timid type. It's very important to some people, but not to me. I have a simple philosophy: worry about those things you can fix. It y… - Jimmy Doolittle
I am not a very timid type. It's very important to some people, but not to me. I have a simple philosophy: worry about those things you can fix. It y…
The first lesson is that you can't lose a war if you have command of the air, and you can't win a war if you haven't. - Jimmy Doolittle
The first lesson is that you can't lose a war if you have command of the air, and you can't win a war if you haven't.
I have been luckier than the law of averages should allow. I could never be so lucky again. - Jimmy Doolittle
I have been luckier than the law of averages should allow. I could never be so lucky again.
To become an ace a fighter must have extraordinary eyesight, strength, and agility, a huntsman's eye, coolness in a pinch, calculated recklessness, a… - Jimmy Doolittle
To become an ace a fighter must have extraordinary eyesight, strength, and agility, a huntsman's eye, coolness in a pinch, calculated recklessness, a…
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