I don't know what you are looking for exactly, but there is no quote about any aviator that stirs me more than this, written by
Harold Hartney about
Frank Luke. Luke will always have his critics, but I doubt if many would disagree with Hartney's sentiments.
"Man, how that kid could fly! No one, mind you, no one, had the sheer contemptuous courage that boy possessed. I know he's been criticized for being such a lone-hander, but, good Lord, he won us priceless victories by those very tactics. He was an excellent pilot and probably the best flying marksman on the Western Front. We had any number of expert pilots and there was no shortage of good shots, but the perfect combination, like the perfect specimen of anything in the world, was scarce. Frank Luke was the perfect combination."