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.

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

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

Never abandon the possibility of attack. Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy's plans. This often results in improving one's own position.

For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion. No engine vibrations. No torque and no lashing sound of the propeller. Accompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air. Later when asked what it felt like, I said, "It felt as though angels were pushing".

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

Flying is more than a sport and more than a job; flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.