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Re: Seeking name of pilot who landed at Brandenburg Gate
I did a terrible mistake: the Fuhrer´s pilot was Hans Baur and he was responsible for the Fliegerstaffel des Fuehrers (F.d.F) - A special unit for the air transport of other high-ranking German officials and heads of state from other nations.
Maybe there were some Fi 156 Storchs, Ar 96, Bf 108 and other machines available to the Special Squadron. I will suggest the book: Hitler’s Squadron: The Fuehrer’s Personal Aircraft and Transport Unit, 1933–1945 by C. G. Sweeting. Brassey’s (http://www.brasseysinc.com/ index.htm), 22841 Quicksilver Drive, Dulles, Virginia 20166, 2001, 192 pages, $31.95 (hardcover). Maybe we can find the name of the famous pilot... Cheers Adriano Baumgartner |
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Re: Seeking name of pilot who landed at Brandenburg Gate
Hi! More information about Gen.Hans Baur:
Birth: 1897, Germany Death: 1993, Germany Adolf Hitler's personal pilot, author. He was a decorated WWI flyer and a leading commercial aviator during the pioneer, fledging days of Lufthansa Airlines in the late twenties. Hitler became the first head of state to use air travel extensively. He personally selected Hans Baur to be his official pilot. "Luftwaffe One" was a reliable four engine Condor which was plushed up and called "Immelmann II" after Max Immelmann a famous WWI pilot who was the creator of the famous dogfighting maneuver used during early combat between planes. Hitler increasingly relied on Baur for advice about air war policy and technical developments. At war's end, he was trapped in the bunker with his beloved Fuhrer. Prior to being captured by the Russians, he was shot and his injuries were so severe that one of his legs had to be amputated. The Russians were deeply interested in Hans Baur, thinking he had flown Hitler to safety before the fall of Berlin. He endured ten years of questioning at the hands of Russian agents who finally released him in 1955. He returned to Germany to write his memoirs "Hitler At My Side". He died in Munich of strictly old age ailments and was interred in the family plot in the Westfridhof in Munich. My questions are: Was he injured while flying high personalities out of Berlin ( Russian Flak, like you mentioned )? It seems that he was ordered to fly Martin Borman out on 1st May 1945...Did he flew such missions out of Berlin? What the Russians learned from him? Did someone read his book? Perhaps we would have more clues to those answers... |
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