Heinrich Bär
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Oskar-Heinrich "Pritzl" Bär was a German Luftwaffe flying ace who served throughout World War II in Europe. Bär flew more than one thousand combat missions, and fought in the Western, Eastern and Medi
Heinrich Bär standing
Tail of Bär's Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4 with the Stab I./JG 77
Bär inspecting his 184th aerial victory, a Boeing B-17F of 91st Bomb Group on 21 February 1944. His wingman Leo Schuhmacher is standing to his right.
Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a – EJG 2 – Major Heinz Bär
Messerschmitt Me 262
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The Messerschmitt Me 262, nicknamed Schwalbe in fighter versions, or Sturmvogel in fighter-bomber versions, is a fighter aircraft and fighter-bomber that was designed and produced by the German aircra
Heinrich Bär
…records in the German Federal Archives, he claimed to have shot down 228 enemy aircraft and was credited with 208 aerial victories, 16 of which were in a Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter. Sources credit him with 220 – 96 on Eastern Theatre and 124 on Western Theatre – up to 222 aerial victories may also be possible. Bär, a…
Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a late production model
Hans Guido Mutke's Me 262 A-1a/R7 on display at the Deutsches Museum in Munich
Me 262 cockpit
Me 262 A-1a on display at RAF Cosford.