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Franz Büchner [Germany]

Name:Franz Büchner
Country:Germany
Rank:Leutnant
Squadrons:FFA 270
Jasta 9, 13
Victories:40
Born:2 January 1898
Place of Birth:Leipzig
Died:18 March 1920Killed In Action
Place of Death:Near Leipzig
Ordre Pour le Mérite (Blue Max)
Knight's Cross with Swords of the Hohenzollern House Order
Iron Cross 1st Class
Franz Büchner
Notes
The son of a successful businessman, this highly decorated German ace was 16 years old when he joined the infantry in 1914. After a case of typhoid fever, Büchner was sent to the Russian front in 1915 then returned to France the following year. When he recovered from wounds received in April 1916, he transferred to the German Air Service. On 2 July 1918, Büchner shot down the Sopwith Dolphin of Irish ace Joseph Callaghan. He shot down seventeen enemy aircraft during the month of September 1918 and, in October, survived a midair collision with another Jasta pilot. Büchner was killed in action during the postwar revolution.

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