| Pilot Talk Page IV |
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| 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. -- Captain Manfred Baron Manfred von Richtofen, 1917. Richtofen would not let members of his Staffel strafe troops in the trenches. Anybody who doesn't have fear is an idiot. It's just that you must make the fear work for you. Hell when somebody shot at me, it made me madder than hell, and all I wanted to do was shoot back. -- General Robin Olds, USAF. When one has shot down one's first, second or third opponent, then one begins to find out how the trick is done. -- Baron Manfred von Richtofen. You can have computer sights of anything you like, but I think you have to go to the enemy on the shortest distance and knock him down from point-blank range. You'll get him from in close. At long distance, it's questionable. -- Colonel Erich 'Bubi' Hartmann, GAF. |
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| I am not a good shot. Few of us are. To make up for this I hold my fire until I have a shot of less than 20 degrees deflection and until I'm within 300 yards. Good discipline on this score can make up for a great deal. -- Lt. Colonel John C. Meyer, USAAF. | ||||||