I could never be so lucky again

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 you can't fix it, don't worry about it; accept it and do the best you can.

The function and Navy in any future war will be to support the dominant air arm.

Nothing is as strong as the heart of a volunteer.

I have been luckier than the law of averages should allow. I could never be so lucky again.

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.

Germany may have recovered a flying saucer as early as 1939