Brückner, Wolfgang (Kampfgeschw. 1 "Hindenburg")
- Date of birth:
- May 26th, 1920 (Dresden/Saxony, Germany)
- Date of death:
- July 14th, 1943 (Testa d'Aqua/Sicily, Italy)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Promotions:
07.11.1938: Fahnenjunker
01.04.1940: Leutnant
01.04.1942: Oberleutnant
01.03.1944: Hauptmann (posthumously) - RDA 01.07.1943
Career:
07.11.1938: joined the Luftwaffe and began training with Flieger-Ersatz-Abteilung 13
00.00.1940: Oberfähnrich, 6. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 1
00.06.1942: Oberleutnant, transferred to 3. Staffel, KG 1
19.03.1943: Olt., Staka 3./ KG 1
13.07.1943-14.07.1943: Oberleutnant, Flugzeugführer, Staffelkapitän, 3. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 1 'Hindenburg', KIA when Junkers Ju88A-4 Werknummer 300.016 coded 'V4+EL' shot down by RAF night fighter over Avola, near Contrada Testa d Acqua and crashed at sea south-east off Sicily while attacking shipping - remaining crew (all KIA):
-Fw Friedrich Schwarz, Beobachter
-Ofw Walter Rabold, Bordfunker
-Uffz Heinz Steglitz, Bordschütze
Pilot credited with 400 missions
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 13th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 21st, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- December 13th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- 6. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 1 "Hindenburg", Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- May 4th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän, 3. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 1 "Hindenburg", Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- December 5th, 1943
posthumously awarded
Sources
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
- URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.
- Die Sächsischen Ritterkreuzträger 1939-1945 Band 1 Ahnert-Haude, Ingo Möbius, Eigenverlag Ingo Möbius, Chemnitz 2021
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