Günther Bahr
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Awards
- Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (15 May 1944)[2]
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
- German Cross in Gold on 13 June 1944 as Oberfeldwebel in the 3./Nachtjagdgeschwader 6[3]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 March 1945 Oberfeldwebel and pilot in the I./Nachtjagdgeschwader 6[4]
Notes
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External links
- Günther Bahr at Aces of the Luftwaffe
- Günther Bahr at World War II Awards
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- ↑ http://www.ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de/Luftwaffe/B/Ba/Bahr-Guenther.htm
- ↑ Obermaier 1989, p. 84.
- ↑ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 22.
- ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 121.
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