Heinrich Bär
German Luftwaffe flying ace (1913-1957) · Germany · Died at 44
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Something wrong?Oskar-Heinrich "Pritzl" Bär was a German Luftwaffe flying ace who served throughout World War II in Europe. Bär flew more than one thousand combat missions, and fought in the Western, Eastern and Mediterranean theatres.
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![Bär inspecting his 184th aerial victory, a Boeing B-17F of 91st Bomb Group on 21 February 1944. His wingman Leo Schuhmacher is standing to his right.[62]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-666-6875-05%2C_Abgeschossenes_amerikanisches_Flugzeug_B_17.jpg/500px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-666-6875-05%2C_Abgeschossenes_amerikanisches_Flugzeug_B_17.jpg)
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Oskar-Heinrich "Pritzl" Bär was a German Luftwaffe flying ace who served throughout World War II in Europe. Bär flew more than one thousand combat missions, and fought in the Western, Eastern and Mediterranean theatres. On 18 occasions he survived being shot down, and according to records in the German Federal Archives, he claimed to have shot down 228 enemy aircraft and was credited with 208 aerial victories, 16 of which were in a Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter. Sources credit him with 220 - 96 on Eastern Theatre and 124 on Western Theatre - up to 222 aerial victories may also be possible.
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