I Was Hitler's Pilot: The Memoirs of Hans Baur

As Hitler’s personal pilot, Hans Baur recounts intimate conversations, pivotal events, and the final hours of the Third Reich through firsthand cockpit and bunker testimony.

A decorated First World War pilot, Hans Baur was one of the leading commercial aviators of the 1920s before being before becoming Adolf Hitler’s personal pilot, a role he first undertook during the election campaign in 1932. Hitler, who loathed flying, felt safe with Baur and would allow no one else to pilot him. As a re...