“During the Battle of Britain the question "fighter or fighter-bomber?" had been decided once and for all: The fighter can only be used as a bomb carrier with lasting effect when sufficient air superiority has been won.” Has BeensUsedAirEffectsBattleDecidedFighterSufficientBritainBombsAviationLastingSuperiorityCarrierBombersAir PowerAirpowerBattle Of Britain Book:The first and the last: the rise and fall of the German fighter forces, 1938-1945 Source: The first and the last: the rise and fall of the German fighter forces, 1938-1945
“Superior technical achievements - used correctly both strategically and tactically - can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.” UsedAchievementBeatsStrongerSuperiorsAviationQuantityInferiorsAir PowerAirpower Book:The first and the last: the rise and fall of the German fighter forces, 1938-1945 Source: The first and the last: the rise and fall of the German fighter forces, 1938-1945
“We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft, but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters - as interceptors. And out of this fifty, there were never more than 25 operational. So we had only a very, very few.” UsedBuiltFighterFiftyAircraft Author:Adolf Galland