List of aerial victories of Franz Büchner
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Franz Büchner was a German First World War fighter ace credited with 40 confirmed aerial victories. After scoring his initial aerial victory while flying with Jagdstaffel 9 of the Luftstreitkräfte, he transferred to Jagdstaffel 13 to score the remainder of his victories.
The victory list
[edit]This list is complete for entries, though obviously not for all details. Double break in list marks transition between jagdstaffeln. Information was abstracted from Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918, ISBN 0-948817-73-9, ISBN 978-0-948817-73-1, pp. 86–87, and from The Aerodrome webpage on Franz Büchner [1]. Abbreviations from those sources were expanded by editor creating this list.
| No. | Date/time | Victim | Squadron | Location | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 August 1917 @ 1230 hours | Nieuport | Southeast of Chappy | ||
| 2 | 15 October 1917 | SPAD | Margivil | ||
| 3 | 10 June 1918 | SPAD | South of Vauxallion | ||
| 4 | 11 June 1918 | SPAD | |||
| 5 | 28 June 1918 @ 2100 hours | Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a | No. 56 Squadron RAF | ||
| 6 | 1 July 1918 | Sopwith | |||
| 7 | 2 July 1918 @ 1045 hours | Sopwith Dolphin | No. 87 Squadron RAF | Contay, France | Ace Joseph Cruess Callaghan KIA |
| 8 | 7 July 1918 @ 1115 hours | Sopwith Camel | No. 209 Squadron RAF | Near Hamel, France | Ace Merrill Samuel Taylor KIA |
| 9 and 10 | 16 July 1918 | Two Breguet 14s | |||
| 11 | 19 July 1918 | SPAD | |||
| 12 | 29 July 1918 @ 1840 hours | Sopwith Camel | No. 73 Squadron RAF | Venizel, France | |
| 13 | 9 August 1918 @ 1820 hours | SPAD two-seater | Lignieres | ||
| 14 | 10 August 1918 @ 1125 hours | Bristol F.2 Fighter | |||
| 15 | 11 August 1918 @ 1908 hours | Sopwith | Roye, France | ||
| 16 | 11 August 1918 @ 1910 hours | SPAD | Estrees, France | ||
| 17 | 14 August 1918 @ 1840 hours | Sopwith Camel | No. 46 Squadron RAF | Chaulnes, France | |
| 18 | 19 August 1918 @ 1006 hours | Breguet or Airco DH.9 | Pertain, France | ||
| 19 | 20 August 1918 | SPAD | |||
| 20 | 20 August 1918 | Breguet 14 | |||
| 21 | 12 September 1918 | Airco DH.4 | 8th Aero Squadron, USAAS | North of Hattonville | |
| 22 | 12 September 1918 | Airco DH.4 | Vieville-en-Haye, France | ||
| 23 | 12 September 1918 | Breguet 14 | East of Thiaucourt, France | ||
| 24 | 13 September 1918 | SPAD | Allamont, France | ||
| Unconfirmed | 13 September 1918 | SPAD | Allamont, France | ||
| 25 | 14 September 1918 | Two-seater reconnaissance aircraft | Mars-la-Tour, France | ||
| 26 | 14 September 1918 | Breguet 14 | Latour, France | ||
| 27 | 15 September 1918 | SPAD 13 | Thiaucourt, France | ||
| 28 | 15 September 1918 | SPAD 13 | Lachaussee, France | ||
| 29 | 17 September 1918 | Salmson 2A2 | Dampvitoux, France | ||
| 30 | 18 September 1918 | SPAD | Dampvitoux, France | ||
| 31 | 18 September 1918 @ 1725 hours | SPAD | Chambley-Bussières, France | ||
| 32 | 18 September 1918 @ 1730 hour | SPAD | West of Chambley-Bussières, France | ||
| 33 | 26 September 1918 | SPAD 13 | 27th Aero Squadron, USAAS | Consenvoye, France | |
| 34 | 26 September 1918 | SPAD 13 | 94th Aero Squadron, USAAS | Charpentrie | |
| 35 | 26 September 1918 | SPAD 13 | 94th Aero Squadron, USAAS | Gercourt-et-Drillancourt, France | |
| 36 | 26 September 1918 | SPAD 13 | 22nd Aero Squadron, USAAS | Étreillers, France | |
| 37 | 28 September 1918 | Salmson 2A2 | 88th Aero Squadron, USAAS | Nantillois, France | |
| 38 | 1 October 1918 | Salmson 2A2 | |||
| 39 | 21 October 1918 | Enemy aircraft | Argonne, France | ||
| 40 | 22 October 1918 | Two-seater reconnaissance aircraft |