HANS BAUR joined the German Air Force during WWI. After the war he flew commercial airlines before becoming Hitler’s personal pilot. Hitler’s last order to Baur was to fly Martin Bormann out of Berlin, but during their escape attempt Baur was captured by the Russians. For ten years the Russians questioned him, suspecting that he had flown Hitler to safety before the fall of Berlin. After his release in 1955 Baur returned to Germany.