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Heinrich Bär
Heinrich Bär (1913-1957) was a
GermanLuftwaffeflying ace who served throughout
World War II in Europe. A flying ace or fighter ace is a
military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy
aircraft during aerial combat. Bär flew more than one thousand combat missions, and fought in all major German theatres of the war, including the
Western,
Eastern and
Mediterranean fronts. On 18 occasions he survived being shot down, and he was credited with 220 aerial victories, around 16 of which were in a
jet fighter. Bär, a
Saxon with a strong accent, joined the
Reichswehr in 1934 and transferred to the Luftwaffe in 1935. Serving first as a mechanic, then as a pilot on transport aircraft, he was informally trained as a fighter pilot. He claimed his first aerial victory in September 1939 on the French border. By the end of the
Battle of Britain, his tally of victories had increased to 17. Transferred to the Eastern front to participate in
Operation Barbarossa, he quickly accumulated further kills, a feat that earned him the
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords for 90 aerial victories in February 1942.(Full article...)