When one has shot down one's first, second or third opponent, then one begins to find out how the trick is done.

Success flourishes only in perseverance ceaseless, restless perseverance.

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

When one has shot down one's first, second or third opponent, then one begins to find out how the trick is done.

I started shooting when I was much too far away. That was merely a trick of mine. I did not mean so much as to hit him as to frighten him, and I succeeded in catching him. He began flying curves and this enabled me to draw near.

The aggressive spirit, the offensive, is the chief thing everywhere in war, and the air is no exception.

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.