What are the achievements of ace pilot Bauer?

During the First World War, there was a famous young soldier named Albert Bauer in the Royal Flying Corps. This ace pilot shot down 44 German planes in his short combat flight career 1 year and 3 months, and won the Army Cross, the Medal of Distinguished Service and the Victoria Cross. He was only 20 when he died.

On August 2 1896, Bauer was born in Nottingham, England, and his father was the mayor of Nottingham. 19 14 In August when the war broke out, 18-year-old Bauer was studying at Chunte College. He remembered a slogan on the door of the college: "Britain wants everyone to do their duty" and decided to join the army and defend the motherland. At first, he was assigned to the security forces as a soldier. As this unit could not go to the front, he asked to go to the front with a bicycle communication team. Later, this communication team really went to the front, and he was left behind and became a non-commissioned officer of an officer training regiment. There, he bought an old scooter, went to private aviation school at his own expense every day, and later learned to fly. It took him 500 pounds to learn to fly a plane. Then he asked to be transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. After passing the examination, he obtained the flying license of the Royal Flying Team on19 1510/0/0/0/0/5. Driver's license number is 1898.

The Royal Flying Corps is equipped with a Godron fighter, which is faster than the trainer he flew in the aviation school. At first, the flight was not good, but the instructor was not satisfied and sent him back to the army. Bauer didn't lose heart. He repeatedly assured the instructor that he would try to fly out. A few months passed, because of his hard work and open-minded study, he finally got the recognition of his tutor with excellent results. On February, 2006 19 18, he was sent to the 13th Middle School of the French Royal Flying Corps as a second lieutenant pilot. At first, he piloted a reconnaissance plane to indicate the target for the ground artillery. Not satisfied with this, he kept asking to become a fighter pilot and finally got approval. He went to the 11th Squadron, a fighter unit.

Bauer has demonstrated his extraordinary talent since he became a fighter pilot. He is not only brave and tenacious, but also resourceful. At that time, the basic style of air combat was single-machine fighting; At that time, it was also called "Dog.fight", that is, two enemy planes fought in the air and bit each other. This kind of action is usually known within 1 ~ 2 minutes, but it also lasts for 5 ~ 10 minutes, and dozens of rounds are tied. Bauer's specialty is to sneak around the rear of the enemy plane in dog fighting, and more often, he goes around the dead corner below the rear of the enemy plane, then raises his nose and shoots the enemy plane at the nearest distance, thus making great achievements. By June of 19 16, after four months of fighting, he had more than a dozen achievements, ranked first in 1 1 squadron and won an army cross.

During the "World War I" period, there was also a popular action to challenge the afternoon, that is, some famous top pilots flew over the enemy airport and left one afternoon, naming a pilot of the other side to take off, or saying that I was a pilot and the other side dared to take off. This medieval knight legacy is said to have originated from Richthofen, the German air hero and "Red Warrior" at that time.

Young Bauer has a lot of records and he has begun to challenge. 191June 18, he flew to a German airport, dropped the gauntlet and angered other pilots with contemptuous language. At that time, a famous German air hero named Yin Maiman was stationed at the airport. He can't stand the arrogance of the British. He took off to fight and was shot down by Bauer. There is also a saying that on June 19 18, 2006, due to negligence, Yin Maiman was shot down by John E. Walker, an aerial shooter on a reconnaissance plane of the 25th British Squadron. The Germans claimed that the death of Inmaiman was due to the structural problems of the plane.

The reason why Yin Maiman's name can be passed down to later generations is mainly because he first completed the tactical action named after him in 19 15. This change is to use the speed obtained from the dive to pull up immediately after the plane dives. The first half of the plane moves like a bucket. After reaching the top of the bucket, it rolls half and flies horizontally in the direction of 180. This transformation can quickly gain a higher advantage in air combat, thus finding another opportunity to attack. Because he became the first pilot in the German Air Force to shoot down enemy planes on August 19 15 1, Yin Maiman became a famous air hero in Germany. By the end of 19 15, he had shot down seven enemy planes, which was an amazing record at that time. He shot down Allied 15 planes all his life and became the trump card of German pilots. Because Germany kept the death of Yin Maiman strictly confidential at that time, it was not until the end of the wooden war that the British knew that Bauer had shot down Yin Maiman.

1965438+On July 8, 2006, Bauer conducted 12 air battles in one day. On August 2 1 day, to celebrate M's birthday, he took off eight times to meet the enemy. On this day, he was appointed as the acting monitor of U squadron and was promoted to lieutenant.

The London Daily Mail wrote in a report on September 19 1 1 2006: "Captain Albert Bauer, the eldest son of the former mayor of Nottingham, has shot down 22 enemy planes so far. According to Bauer, he participated in 82 air battles. One night, he was surrounded by four enemy planes. Because of his heroic fighting, all four enemy planes were shot down by him, and no one was spared. " Since then, Bauer has become famous in Britain. People call him an air hero, even a "hero among heroes".

19 16 served as the squadron leader of Yin Di squadron in September, and achieved the result of shooting down 28 German planes. /kloc-in September of 0/6, he won an outstanding service medal. 10 days later, he won the second army cross medal. 1916165438+1October 18 When he succeeded in shooting down 29 enemy planes, he returned to London to receive the Victoria Cross awarded by the British Emperor. British Prime Minister Louis George specially hosted a banquet for breakfast. 19 17 February 19, after winning the shooting down of the 32nd enemy plane, he was allowed to go home to visit relatives and was warmly welcomed by Nottingham citizens.

19 17 April17, he returned to the front line and was appointed as the squadron leader of the famous Top Hat 56 Squadron. Only college graduates and aristocratic children can join this top hat squadron. Bauer was appointed to this position because of his special contribution.

At this time, the French pilot Gü ney had a record of shooting down 40 planes, which left Bauer, who had always been in the leading position in the Allied Air Force, behind. He is determined to catch up with him. 19 17 in the first half, Bauer and Gü neme's record has been neck and neck. You shoot down one pair, I'll shoot down two pairs. Both of them are similar in character and appearance. Both of them are brave and have good shooting skills. Their planes were often riddled with bullets, and both of them were shot down seven times and parachuted to survive.

Since Bauer became the squadron leader, he seems to have matured a lot at the age of 20. In addition to often taking part in combat, he has to manage this squadron with more than 20 planes. From April 25th to May 6th, we experienced 26 air battles and shot down enemy planes 1 1. Together with a balloon he shot down, * * * shot down 44 enemy planes, exceeding the record at that time (according to: after the war, * * * shot down 54 enemy planes). 1965438+On the night of May 7, 2007, a tragedy happened in the British Royal Flying Corps and the whole country, and Bauer was shot down and killed. He was shot by German pilot Rosell Richthofen. Rosell is the younger brother of "Red Warrior" Richthofen.

19 17 On May 28th, King George I sent a special letter to Bauer's father: "I deeply regret and deplore the death of Royal Pilot Captain Albert Bauer. In recognition of his bravery and loyalty to the motherland, I posthumously awarded him the highest Victoria Cross to comfort the spirit. "