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Helmut Bruck
Helmut Bruck (16 February 1913 – 25 August 2001) was a German pilot during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. During his career he flew 973 missions.
Awards and decorations.
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (13 September 1939) & 1st Class (21 May 1940)
- German Cross in Gold on 20 October 1942 as "Hauptmann" in the I./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77
- Knight's
August 1940
- Hauptmann Helmut Bruck, 28 August 1940 – 19 February 1943
- Major Werner Roell, 20 February 1943 – 18 October 1943
Commanding officers Gruppenkommandeure II./StG 77.
- Hauptmann Clemens Graf von Schönborn-Wiesentheid, 1 May 1939 – 15 May 1940
- Hauptmann Waldemar Plewig, 15 May 1940 – 8 August 1940
- Hauptmann Alfons Orthofer, 15 August 1940 – 27 June 1942
- Major Kurt Huhn, 1 July 1942 – 1 April 1943
- Hauptmann Helmut Leicht, 1 April 1943 – 18