Hello,
some clarifications on BAUER's score :
1) The 68 victories list is rather old, and was never documented;
2) For long, I was promoted too a 54-57 victories list (see attachment "old"Attachment 17462), by adding some other victories/ claims to the initial list from T. WOOD; but it did not match with other sources (RK = 34 victories, etc)
3) Then came the JG 300 chronicle from JY LORANT/ R. GOYAT, and everything became consistent between the explanations notes provided by LORANT , and the initial list from WOOD :
- 18 victories before arriving in JG 300;
- RK for 34 victories;
- Few flights only (therefore few victories only) after being wounded in October 44;
The JG 300 chronicle gives clear explanations regarding all claims/ victories/ erroneous double counting, and took source directly from JG300 pilots including BAUER himself before he died, therefore poor chance of mistakes...
It leads to a 36 victories list, including 18 viermots and 5 P51 (see 2nd attachmentAttachment 17463)
Hope it clarifies the matter
Dom