Everything in the air that is beneath me, especially if it is a one seater . . . is lost, for it cannot shoot to the rear.

The duty of the fighter pilot is to patrol his area of the sky, and shoot down any enemy fighters in that area. Anything else is rubbish.

Success flourishes only in perseverance ceaseless, restless perseverance.

Find the enemy and shoot him down. Anything else is nonsense.

Everything in the air that is beneath me, especially if it is a one seater . . . is lost, for it cannot shoot to the rear.

Fight on and fly on to the last drop of blood and the last drop of fuel, to the last beat of the heart.

One can become enthusiastic over anything. For a time I was delighted with bomb throwing. It gave me a tremendous pleasure to bomb those fellows from above.