Konrad Bauer

Konrad Bauer (9 February 1919 – 17 June 1990) was a Luftwaffe fighter pilot during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Sturmgruppe (2nd assault group) of Jagdgeschwader 300 "Wilde Sau" (JG 300—300th Fighter Wing).

[1] On 9 August, Bauer made a forced landing in his Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A at Griesheim Airfield following combat with Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers.

[1][3] According to US historian David T. Zabecki, Bauer was credited with 57 aerial victories.

The Luftwaffe grid map (Jägermeldenetz) covered all of Europe, western Russia and North Africa and was composed of rectangles measuring 15 minutes of latitude by 30 minutes of longitude, an area of about 360 square miles (930 km2).