Hans Baur

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Hans Baur (June 19, 1897 – February 17, 1993) was Adolf Hitler's pilot during his political campaigns of the 1920s and 1930s, later his personal pilot and leader of the "Reichsregierung" squadron.

Baur was born in Ampfing in Bavaria. During one particular flight of his, the plane experienced engine failure and subsequently started to nose dive. Baur was able to restart the engine. Hitler, as was customary, took that moment as a sign of fate. After Hitler became Führer of Germany, Baur would regularly visit and dine with him at the Chancellery.

During the last days of the war, Hans Baur was with Hitler in his Führerbunker, staying with him until the end. After Hitler's suicide, Baur, along with a few others, tried to escape to the American/British lines. Instead, Baur was captured by the Russians and held for a decade.

His autobiography (1957) is titled "Ich Flog Mit Den Mächtigen Der Erde", which liberally translates as "I flew with the master of the Earth". The French translation is more softly titled "J'étais pilote de Hitler / le sort du monde était entre mes mains", which translates to "I was Hitler's pilot / the fate of the world was in my hands".

Baur died in Herrsching in Bavaria..


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Final occupants of the Führerbunker by date of departure

April 22 | April 23 | April 24
Julius Schaub · Christa Schröder · Johanna Wolf  |  Theodor Morell · Albert Speer  |  Walter Frentz

April 29 | April 30 | May 1
Robert Ritter von Greim · Hanna Reitsch · Heinz Lorenz · Wilhelm Zander · Heinrich Müller · Bernd von Freytag-Loringhoven  |  Otto Günsche · Gerda Christian  |  Wilhelm Mohnke · Martin Bormann · Artur Axmann · Traudl Junge · Ludwig Stumpfegger · Hans Baur · Erich Kempka · Johann Rattenhuber · Günther Schwägermann · Werner Naumann · Hans-Erich Voss · Gerhardt Boldt · Nicolaus von Below

Committed suicide | Killed
Adolf Hitler · Eva Braun · Joseph Goebbels · Magda Goebbels · Wilhelm Burgdorf · Peter Högl · Hans Krebs  |  Hermann Fegelein · Goebbels children

Date of departure uncertain
Heinz Linge · Walther Hewel · Constanze Manziarly

Still present when Soviet forces arrived on May 2
Rochus Misch · Erna Flegel · Werner Haase · Johannes Hentschel

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