Best quotes of Aces

[wannabetheace]

Let's share some insightful quotes :)
My favorite one is "No matter how good the violin may be, much depends on the violinist" by Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub Allied Top Ace 62kills +2 P51s

[TheBurningBlue]

Hope a poem is ok?

High Flight

Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds-
and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of- wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept hights with easy grace
Where never lark or even eagle flew-
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.
- John Gillespie Magee, Jr. 1922-1941

[Camo-234]

Let's share some insightful quotes :)
My favorite one is "No matter how good the violin may be, much depends on the violinist" by Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub Allied Top Ace 62kills +2 P51s

When you say +2 P51s do you mean he shot down to allie P51s?:confused:

[butterfield]

"I suppose I'm as good as the next guy, but that's about all. Only reason I'm still flying while a lot of other great guys are gone is because I've had the breaks so far. I believe though, that the breaks are going to continue my way. The minute a flyer gets the notion that his number is up, he's finished. I start out, and know I'm coming back, and that's all there is to it.
Fear? You bet your life. But it's always on the way up. Then you get to thinking about a lot of things, but that all leaves you as you reach combat. Then there's a sense of great excitement, a thrill you can't duplicate anywhere. Then there can be no fear, no thought of life or death, no dream of yesterday or tomorrow.
What you have at that moment is — well, it may sound strange, but it's actually fun. The other guy has his chance, too, and you've got to get him before he gets you. Yes, I think it is the most exciting fun in the world."

Lt. Col. Robert B. Westbrook - USAAF- 20 planes downed
KIA Nov.1944

[Camo-234]

"Of all my accomplishments I may have achieved during the war, I am proudest of the fact that I never lost a wingman." — Colonel Erich 'Bubi' Hartmann, GAF.

He was also known as "The Black Devil" by the Soviets. He has 352 confirmed aerial kills and 345 of them were Soviet planes. He is the highest scoring fighter ace in history and was never shot down. The only times he had to crash land (14 times) was when parts of the enemy plane he had just shot down hit him or when he had mechanical problems.

[ZZKoverts]

When you say +2 P51s do you mean he shot down to allie P51s?:confused:

The legend had it that he came across a B-17 with escorts while out on a sortie, and was mistaken by the Americans for a german fighter, two P-51s began attaking him, and he was forced to shoot them boths down rather than be shot down himself.

[Camo-234]

The legend had it that he came across a B-17 with escorts while out on a sortie, and was mistaken by the Americans for a german fighter, two P-51s began attaking him, and he was forced to shoot them boths down rather than be shot down himself.

I guess that could be true but It seems weird that the P-51 didnt notice he was russian when they attacked him.

[Soviet Ace]

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. In combat flying, fancy precision aerobatic work is really not of much use. Instead, it is the rough maneuver which succeeds.

— Colonel Erich 'Bubi' Hartmann, GAF, aka Karaya One, worlds leading ace, with 352 victories in W.W.II.Jagdgeschwader 52.
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Best and only Ace I was lucky enough to get a picture with. (I was only 2 at the time)

[butterfield]

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. In combat flying, fancy precision aerobatic work is really not of much use. Instead, it is the rough maneuver which succeeds.

— Colonel Erich 'Bubi' Hartmann, GAF, aka Karaya One, worlds leading ace, with 352 victories in W.W.II.Jagdgeschwader 52.
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Best and only Ace I was lucky enough to get a picture with. (I was only 2 at the time)



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