Luftwaffe Major Werner Molders (11-july-1940): "North of Dover we met some low-lying Spitfires. I shot [one] down in flames. But now I found myself in the middle of a clump of Englishmen and they were very angry with me. They all rushed at me, and that was my good luck. As they all tried to earn cheap laurels at the expense of one German, they got in each other's way. Well, I managed to outmaneuver them and made them even more confused. Nevertheless, I couldn't avoid being hit. Bullets bespattered my aircraft. The radiator and fuel tank were shot up badly and I had to make a getaway as quickly as possible. Luckily my engine held out to the French coast, then it began to misfire. When I wanted to land the [landing gear] wouldn't work. There was nothing to do but land without it. I made a smooth belly landing."

Luftwaffe Hauptmann Hannes Trautloft: "A fantastic fireworks. Shots ring to my right and left. Somewhere in my Messerschmitt I feel a strong blow and hear a heavy rumbling, but the opponent has to go! I see a thin line of smoke under his fuselage, then suddenly the enemy plane is one red ball of fire rushing downward."