The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves. This is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories.

Superior technical achievements - used correctly both strategically and tactically - can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.

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.

An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side. To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.

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.

Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems, perhaps even more important than being a good pilot; to make the best use of this system.

According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.