Ernst-Georg Drünkler (8 July 1920 – 12 March 1997) was a German Luftwaffe night fighter 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. Drünkler claimed 47 aerial victories, 45 of them at night. At war's end he had claimed 47 enemy aircraft downed in 102 combat missions.