Career
Bauer claimed 57 aerial victories, 39 over the Western Front and 18 over the Eastern Front. The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Konrad Bauer claimed his first of 18 victories over the Eastern Front on 20 March 1943.
In 1944 he was transferred to the Western Front where he would claim another 39 victories.
He was awarded the Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross on 31 October 1944 after his 34th victory. After the war he joined the new Luftwaffe and retired as a Hauptmann in 1960.
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