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.

Nine g's is good, if the pilot can stand it. We couldn't stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.

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.

And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.

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

Only in the spirit of attack, born in a brave heart, will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.