The important thing in aeroplanes is that they shall be speedy.

Whatever Boelcke told us was taken as Gospel!

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.

As a little boy of eleven I entered the Cadet Corps. I was not particularly eager to become a Cadet, but my father wished it. So my wishes were not consulted.

If I should come out of this war alive, I will have more luck than brains.

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.