| Helmut Haugk | |
| Birth Date: | 24 February 1914 |
| Birth Place: | Gelsenkirchen |
| Death Place: | Gelsenkirchen |
| Serviceyears: | 1937–45 |
| Unit: | ZG 26 ZG 101 ZG 76 |
| Battles: | World War II |
| Awards: | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
| Relations: | Werner Haugk (brother) |
Helmut Haugk (24 February 1914 – 28 January 1992) was a Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Haugk claimed 18 aerial victories in more than 440 flights.
On 29 September 1939, while serving with 3. Staffel of Zerstörergeschwader 26 (ZG 26—26th Destroyer Wing), Haugk was shot down and wounded when in his Messerschmitt Bf 109 D-1 (Werknummer 481—factory number) during combat with Royal Air Force (RAF) Handley Page Hampden southeast of Heligoland.
His brother Leutnant Werner Haugk, who had received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross as Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel after approximately 300 combat missions on 8 August 1944, was shot down and killed in action on 18 October 1944 near Aalborg, Denmark by British fighters while flying a Bf 109 trainer.
Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for twelve aerial victory claims over the Western Allies, including one heavy bomber.
| Chronicle of aerial victories | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claim | Date | Time | Type | Location | Claim | Date | Time | Type | Location | |
| – 7. Staffel of Zerstörergeschwader 26 – Battle of France — 10 May – 25 June 1940 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 14 May 1903 | 13:05 | Spitfire | north of Buzancy | 3 | 27 May 1940 | 15:15 | Hawk 75 | southeast of Reims | |
| 2 | 3 June 1940 | 15:10 | Hawk 75 | southeast of Reims | ||||||
| – 7. Staffel of Zerstörergeschwader 26 – Battle of Britain and on the English Channel — 10 July – 31 October 1940 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 10 July 1940 | 15:04 | Spitfire | southeast of Dover | 6 | 28 September 1940 | 15:45 | Spitfire | south of Southampton | |
| 5 | 26 September 1940 | 17:23 | Hurricane | south of Southampton | ||||||
de:Walther-Peer Fellgiebel
. 2000 . 1986 . Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile . The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches . de . Friedberg, Germany . Podzun-Pallas . 978-3-7909-0284-6.