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    Oscar-Heinrich "Pritzl" Bär (pronounced [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈbɛːɐ̯]; 25 May 1913 – 28 April 1957) was a German Luftwaffe flying ace who served throughout World...
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  • Russian poet and grammarian Dietmar Bär (born 1961), German actor Dorothee Bär (born 1978), German politician Heinrich Bär (1913–1957), German Luftwaffe fighter...
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    Oskar-Heinrich Bär (25 May 1913 – 28 April 1957) was a German Luftwaffe flying ace who served throughout World War II in Europe. Bär flew more than one...
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  • airplanes. Galland was injured on 26 April after attacking B-26 bombers, and Heinrich Bär assumed command of the unit. As the German surrender approached, Galland...
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  • in 1950. Its founder was the German journalist Heinz Wenzel, known as Heinrich Bär, who also edited the magazine. The magazine was first published by Freiheitsverlag...
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    Heinrich Sontheim (1820–1912), also known as Honas Bär Sontheimer, was a prominent late-19th-Century tenor and kammersänger (chamber singer) based in Stuttgart...
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  • new jet fighter. Hartmann attended the jet conversion program led by Heinrich Bär. Galland also intended Hartmann to fly with Jagdverband 44. Hartmann...
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    radar. Another candidate for top ace on the aircraft was Oberstleutnant Heinrich Bär, who is credited with 16 enemy aircraft while flying Me 262s out of his...
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    Heinrich Ehrler (14 September 1917 – 4 April 1945) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator and wing commander during World War II. As a fighter ace, he...
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    Gollob and criticised him severely. Gollob contacted the Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler. Himmler's reputation as the most powerful man after Hitler at...
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    conducted on February 27, 1945. The C-1a prototype piloted by Major Heinrich Bär reportedly intercepted and shot down a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. However...
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    foundry still stands today. At the beginning of the 19th century, Johann-Heinrich Bär sold the foundry to his two employees Sebastian Rüetschi and Jakob Rüetschi...
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    that Friedrich Wachowiak was credited with 140 aerial victories, and Paul-Heinrich Dähne with 100 aerial victories. Lastly, the authors Raymond F. Toliver...
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    20+ 16 Kdo Welter, 10./NJG 11 63 Possible all-time leading jet ace. Heinrich Bär Oberstleutnant 16 18 EJG 2, JV 44 220 Started jet combat in 1945; flew...
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    Hauptmann Heinrich Bär, were engaged in an intense rivalry, each striving to outperform the other, and both eager to achieve the century mark first. Bär claimed...
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    German-Soviet air war 22 June 1941 Air war Barbarossa Battle of Stalingrad Battle of Kursk Commanders Notable commanders Günther Lützow, Heinrich Bär...
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  • Rechlin-Roggenthin, to test the new Heinkel He 162 jet fighter. Major Heinrich Bär, January 1945 – May 1945 Erprobungsgruppe 210 was formed on 1 July 1940...
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  • Dean Rockwell, American commander, wrestler, and coach (d. 2005) 1913 – Heinrich Bär, German colonel and pilot (d. 1957) 1913 – Richard Dimbleby, English...
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    Albert Buzz Aldrin Neil Armstrong Saiful Azam Abbas Babaei Douglas Bader Heinrich Bär Francesco Baracca Gerhard Barkhorn Antonio Bautista George Beurling George...
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  • Andres. On 13 February 1945, Oberstleutnant Heinrich Bär was given command of III. Gruppe. On 23 April, Bär relocated III. Gruppe of EJG 2 to Munich-Riem...
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  • fighter pilots Hauptmann (Captain) Hans "Assi" Hahn and Oberleutnant Heinz Bär who were also awarded the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross. IAP—Istrebitelny...
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  • Oberstleutnant Heinrich Bär was based. EJG 2 was a jet fighter training unit where pilots learned to fly the Messerschmitt Me 262. Krupinski asked Bär if he and...
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    Lockheed Hudson Musgrave Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada Engine problems Heinrich Bär West Germany 1957 Test pilot LF-1 Zaunkönig Braunschweig, West Germany...
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  • 1879) 1956 – Fred Marriott, American race car driver (b. 1872) 1957 – Heinrich Bär, German colonel and pilot (b. 1913) 1962 – Bennie Osler, South African...
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    were destroyed and 31 damaged; 38 pilots were killed and 22 wounded. Heinrich Bär joined II./JG 1 in mid-January 1944 as an ordinary pilot after being...
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  • January 1945 Hauptmann Johannes Naumann, 5 April 1945 Oberstleutnant Heinrich Bär, 3 May 1945 Organization of the Luftwaffe during World War II Prien et...
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    presented with awards that day by Hitler, Major Hartmann Grasser and Hauptmann Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein were awarded the Oak Leaves, and Hauptmann Günther...
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    Volksschule in Berlin (1926–1930), and from the age of 10, the Prinz-Heinrichs-Gymnasium [de], a secondary school that prepares students for higher education...
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  • during July and 25 in August. He often flew as wingman to Heinrich Bär, contributing to Bär's record of 220 claimed kills, pilot slang for the destruction...
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    the Geschwader reached the area at about 09:20. Geschwaderkommodore Heinrich Bär led the attack. Some pilots made four passes, destroying AAA emplacements...
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