"Ich bitte um Ausrüstung meines Geschwaders mit Spitfires."
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Die Ersten und die Letzten. Schneekluth, München 1975, Seite 97, ISBN 3-7951-0075-5, auf die Frage des Reichmarschalls Hermann Göring ob er einen Wunsch hätte, vorangegangen war ein Streit über die Rolle der Jagdflieger bei der Luftschlacht um England, wirklich ernst gemeint war diese Forderung, wie er später sagte, nicht.
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