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Heinrich Brucker

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Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe

Name
  
Heinrich Brucker

Years of service
  
1930's–45 1950's–71

Died
  
14 June 1984(1984-06-14) (aged 71) Eckernforde

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Rank
  
Major (Wehrmacht) Oberst (Bundeswehr)

Unit
  
Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 Schnellkampfgeschwader 10 Jagdverband 44

Heinrich Brucker (5 May 1913 – 14 June 1984) was a highly decorated Hauptmann in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Heinrich Brucker joined the Bundeswehr in the late 1950s and retired in 1971 as an Oberst.

Awards and decorations

  • Aviator badge
  • Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 22 June 1941 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"
  • German Cross in Gold on 15 April 1944 as Major in Schlachtgeschwader 4

    • References

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