Gunther Rall Quotes

• We did not think about the personal nature of killing in the air. We were proud of every victory in the air, and particularly happy that we had not been hit ourselves. Of course, I tell myself in quiet moments today: 'You've killed. In order to protect others and not be killed yourself.' But in the end: for what? The Third Reich trained 30,000 pilots. Ten thousand survived the war. One-third. This is the highest loss rate along with the U-boat sailors.

  Gunther Rall

  War, Loss, Thinking

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• I had no system of shooting as such. It is definitely more in the feeling side of things that these skills develop. I was at the front five and a half years, and you just got a feeling for the right amount of lead.

  Gunther Rall

  Years, Skills, Feelings

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• The British were sporting. They would accept a fight under almost all conditions.

  Gunther Rall

  Fighting, Aviation, Accepting

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