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Jimmy Doolittle has 11 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Adolf Galland said that the day we took our fighters off the bombers and put them against the German fighters, that is,…
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The function and Navy in any future war will be to support the dominant air arm.
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Nothing is as strong as the heart of a volunteer.
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Germany may have recovered a flying saucer as early as 1939
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The country will some day pay for the stupidities of those who were in the majority on this commission. They know as…
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If we should have to fight, we should be prepared to do so from the neck up instead of from the neck…
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To become an ace a fighter must have extraordinary eyesight, strength, and agility, a huntsman's eye, coolness in a pinch, calculated recklessness,…
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Just try to make the world a better place for your having been here.
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The first lesson is that you can't lose a war if you have command of the air, and you can't win a…
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I could never be so lucky again
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If we should have to fight, we should be prepared to so so from the neck up instead of from the neck…
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Fighter pilots have ice in their veins. They don't have emotions. They think, anticipate. They know that fear and other concerns cloud…
— Buzz Aldrin
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Adolf Galland said that the day we took our fighters off the bombers and put them against the German fighters, that is,…
— Jimmy Doolittle
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There's a lot of Hollywood bullshit about flying. I mean, look at the movies about test pilots or fighter pilots who face…
— Robin Olds
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A top World War II ace once said that fighter pilots fall into two broad categories: those who go out to kill…
— Nathan Farragut Twining
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If there is a hell, then I'll be in good company with a lot of fighter pilots who also had to bomb…
— Timothy McVeigh
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The general's staff is a handpicked collection of killers, spies, geniuses, patriots, political operators and outright maniacs. There's a former head of…
— Michael Hastings
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The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down, and for the moment the whole burden…
— Adolf Galland
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The hunters are the ones who go out and kill. Maybe one out of ten good fighter pilots will be one of…
— Unknown Author
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