The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down, and for the moment the whole burden of the war rested on the few hundred German fighter pilots on the Channel coast.
If we would have had the 262 at our disposal - even with all the delays - if we could have had in '44, ah, let's say three hundred operational, that day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that's for sure.
According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
I had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, and Norway. I had to be everywhere.
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