“Once committed to an attack, fly in at full speed. After scoring crippling or disabling hits, I would clear myself and then repeat the process. I never pursued the enemy once they had eluded me. Better to break off and set up again for a new assault. I always began my attacks from full strength, if possible, my ideal flying height being 22,000 ft because at that altitude I could best utilize the performance of my aircraft. Combat flying is based on the slashing attack and rough maneuvering.” IfsProcessEnemyBreakClearIdealsPerformancesCommittedSpeedFlyingHeightRepeatsAviationRoughCombatAssaultPursuedAircraftBreak Off Author:Erich Hartmann
“In combat flying, fancy precision aerobatic work is really not of much use. Instead, it is the rough maneuver which succeeds.” UseSucceedFlyingFancyAviationRoughCombatPrecision Author:Erich Hartmann
