Wolfgang Brückner

Wolfgang Brückner (26 May 1920 – 14 July 1943) was a German Luftwaffe bomber pilot. Brückner was killed on 14 July 1943 over Silesia, Germany. He was posthumously promoted to Hauptmann and on 5 December 1943 was simultaneously awarded the Knight's Cross.

Awards

 * Aviator badge
 * Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
 * Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (20 December 1941)
 * Iron Cross (1939)
 * 2nd Class (13 September 1939)
 * 1st Class (21 May 1940)
 * German Cross in Gold (11 May 1942)
 * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 December 1943 (posthumously) as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitän of the 3./Kampfgeschwader 1 "Hindenburg"