Wolfgang Böwing-Treuding (28 January 1922 – 11 February 1943) was a German Luftwaffe fighter pilot and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Böwing-Treuding was credited by Nazi propaganda with 46 aerial victories, all over the Eastern Front. He was killed by the Red Army ground-fire on 11 February 1943 and was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross on 24 March 1943.

Awards

Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (13 September 1942) Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class 1st Class German Cross in Gold on 15 October 1942 as Leutnant in the II./Jagdgeschwader 51 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 24 March 1943 as Oberleutnant and as Staffelkapitän of the 10./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders".

Wolfgang Böwing-Treuding

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TracesOfWar.com

Aces of the Luftwaffe

1922 births

1943 deaths

Luftwaffe pilots

German World War II flying aces

Recipients of the Gold German Cross

Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Luftwaffe personnel killed in World War II

Military personnel from Hamburg

Wolfgang Böwing-Treuding