Date of birth:

January 24th, 1916 (Hagen/Western Phalia, Germany)

Date of death:

February 18th, 1945 (southeast of Stargard/Pommerania, Germany)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Neumark

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Last achieved rank was Hauptmann. Listed as 'missing'.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)

Unit:

6. / Infanterie-Regiment 216 / 88.Infanterie-Division

Awarded on:

November 13th, 1942

The following newspaper excerpt (dated 18.11.1942) describes why Bahns received the Knight’s Cross…

“Despite being wounded himself, Oberleutnant Bahns conducted an immediate counterattack against Bolshevik forces that had penetrated friendly lines in the Kursk area.”

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
  - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
  - Kösliner Zeitung (Edition 319)
  

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