What are the outstanding fighting deeds of Bauer, the ace pilot of the Royal Flying Team?

During World War I, there was a famous young warrior named Albert Bauer in the Royal Flying Team. This ace pilot shot down 44 German planes in his short combat flight career of 1 year and 3 months, and won the Army Cross, the Medal of Distinguished Service and the Victoria Cross. He was only 2 years old when he died.

Bauer was born in Nottingham, England on August 21st, 1896. His father was the mayor of Nottingham. In August 1914, when the war broke out, Bauer, 18, was studying at Chunte College. He remembered a slogan on the door of the college: "Britain wants everyone to do his duty" and decided to join the army and defend the motherland. At first, he was assigned to a guard force as a soldier. Since this force could not go to the front, he asked to go to the front of France to fight with a bicycle communication team. Later, this communication team really went to the front, and he was left behind to become a sergeant in an officer training regiment. There, he bought an old scooter, went to a private aviation school to attend classes at his own expense every day, and later learned to fly. It took him 5 pounds to learn to fly a plane. Then he asked to be transferred to the Royal Flying Team, and passed the examination. On October 15, 1915, he obtained the flying driver's license of the Royal Flying Team. The driver's license number was 1898.

The Royal Flying Team is equipped with a Godron fighter, which is faster than the trainer he flew in the aviation school. At first, he didn't fly well, and the instructor was dissatisfied, and he was sent back to the army. Bauer didn't lose heart. He repeatedly assured the instructor that he would try to fly out. A few months later, due to his hard work and open-minded study, he finally won the approval of the instructor with excellent results. On February 18, 1916, he was sent to the thirteenth middle school of the Royal Flying Team in France as a second lieutenant pilot. At first, he flew reconnaissance planes to indicate targets for ground artillery. Not satisfied with this, he kept asking to be a fighter pilot, and finally got approval. He went to the Eleventh Squadron, a fighter unit.

Bauer has shown 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 dogfight; At that time, it was also called "Dogfight", that is, an air combat operation in which two hostile planes fought and bit each other in the air. This kind of action is usually known within 1 ~ 2 minutes, but it also lasts for 5 ~ 1 minutes, and dozens of rounds are tied. Bauer's specialty is to sneak around the rear of the enemy plane in the "dog fight", more often around the dead angle below the rear of the enemy plane, and then lift the nose and shoot the enemy plane at the nearest distance, thus making repeated achievements. By June 1916, after four months of fighting, he had achieved more than a dozen successes, ranking first in the 11th Squadron and winning an Army Cross.

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

The youthful Bauer has a lot of achievements, and he has begun to challenge. On June 18, 1916, he flew to a German airport, dropped a gauntlet and angered the other pilots with contemptuous language. At that time, there was a famous air hero in the German army named Yin Maiman, who was stationed at the airport. He could not stand the arrogance of the British. He took off to fight and was shot down by Bauer. There is another saying that Yin Maiman was shot down by John Waller, an aerial shooter on a reconnaissance plane of the 25th Squadron in Britain, on June 18th, 1916 due to negligence. The Germans claimed that Yin Maiman died because of the structural problems of the plane.

on July 8, 1916, Bauer conducted 12 air battles in one day. On August 21st, to celebrate his M birthday, he took off eight times to meet the enemy. On this day, he was appointed as the acting squad leader of the U squadron and was promoted to lieutenant.

The London Daily Mail said in a report on September 11th, 1916: "Lieutenant Albert Bauer, the eldest son of the former mayor of Nottingham, has shot down 22 enemy planes so far. According to Bauer, he has participated in 82 air battles. Once at night, he was besieged by four enemy planes. Because of his heroic fighting, all four enemy planes were shot down by him, and none of them were spared. " Since then, Bauer has become famous in Britain. People call him an air hero, even a "hero among heroes".

in September, 1916, he served as the squadron leader of Diyin squadron, and achieved the result of shooting down 28 German planes. On September 16th, he won a medal of distinguished service, and ten days later, he got the second Army Cross. On November 18th, 1916, 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 breakfast banquet. On February 19, 1917, after he won the victory of shooting down the 32nd enemy plane, he was allowed to go home to visit relatives and was warmly welcomed by Nottingham citizens.

On April 17th, 1917, he returned to the front line and was appointed as the squadron leader of the famous "Top Hat 56th Squadron". Only college graduates and aristocratic children can join this top hat squadron, and Bauer's appointment to this position is entirely due to his special contribution.

At this time, the French pilot Gü ney had a record of shooting down 4 planes, which made Bauer, who had always been in the leading position in the Allied Air Force, fall behind. He was determined to catch up with him. In the first half of 1917, Bauer and Gü neme were always neck and neck. If you shoot down one pair, I'll shoot down two. Both of them are similar in character and appearance. Both of them are very brave and have excellent shooting skills. Their plane is often riddled with bullets, and both of them have been shot down seven times and parachuted to survive.

since Bauer became the squadron leader, he seems to be a lot more sophisticated at the age of 2. In addition to often taking part in combat, he has to manage this squadron with more than 2 planes. From April 25th to May 6th, he experienced 26 air battles, and shot down 11 enemy planes. Together with a balloon he shot down, * * * shot down 44 enemy planes, which surpassed the record at that time (according to: at the end of the war, * * * shot down 54 enemy planes). On the night of May 7, 1917, a tragedy happened in the Royal Flying Corps and the whole country of England. Bauer was shot down and killed. He was shot by the German pilot Rosell richthofen. Rosell is the younger brother of richthofen, the "Red Warrior".

On May 28th, 1917, King George I sent a special letter to Bauer's father: "I deeply regret and deplore the death of Lieutenant Albert Bauer, a royal pilot. In recognition of his bravery and loyalty to the motherland, I posthumously awarded the supreme Victoria Cross as a consolation prize."