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

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

"He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing," is one of the fundamental rules of defense.

If we would have had the 262 at our disposal - even with all the delays - if we could have had in '44, ah, let's say three hundred operational, that day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that's for sure.

Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed. The war was lost perhaps, when it was started. At least it was lost in the winter of '42, in Russia.

To use a fighter as a fighter-bomber when the strength of the fighter arm is inadequate to achieve air superiority is putting the cart before the horse.

It's unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance.