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"I was to set up a small unit to demonstrate that the Me 262 was the superior fighter that I had always claimed.  A small unit only in Staffel strength was to be organized... I would have to find the aircraft myself... The unit would not be under the command of any division, corps or airfleet - I was to be totally independent."
Adolf Galland, 1945

"I admired Galland, not least because, having been unjustly 'fired' by Göring, he didn't withdraw offended and moaning into some snail shell.  Rather, he built up a flying unit, the size of a Staffel, went to the front and defended his country to the very last day.  That was exemplary!"
Major Wolfgang Späte, Kommodore JG400

"I feel great satisfaction to have been able to participate on active duty during the last turbulent months of the war.   The knowledge that I led the last fighter unit in the greatest of all wars will always be one of my cherished memories."
Adolf Galland, 1945