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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
editThis 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 |