List of aerial victories of Franz Büchner explained

See main article: Franz Büchner.

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

See also: Aerial victory standards of World War I. 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,,, pp. 86–87, and from The Aerodrome webpage on Franz Büchner http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/buchner.php. Abbreviations from those sources were expanded by editor creating this list.

No.Date/timeVictimSquadronLocationRemarks
117 August 1917 @ 1230 hoursNieuportSoutheast of Chappy
215 October 1917SPADMargivil
310 June 1918SPADSouth of Vauxallion
411 June 1918SPAD
528 June 1918 @ 2100 hoursRoyal Aircraft Factory SE.5aNo. 56 Squadron RAF
61 July 1918Sopwith
72 July 1918 @ 1045 hoursSopwith DolphinNo. 87 Squadron RAFContay, FranceAce Joseph Cruess Callaghan KIA
87 July 1918 @ 1115 hoursSopwith CamelNo. 209 Squadron RAFNear Hamel, FranceAce Merrill Samuel Taylor KIA
9 and 1016 July 1918Two Breguet 14s
1119 July 1918SPAD
1229 July 1918 @ 1840 hoursSopwith CamelNo. 73 Squadron RAFVenizel, France
139 August 1918 @ 1820 hoursSPAD two-seaterLignieres
1410 August 1918 @ 1125 hoursBristol F.2 Fighter
1511 August 1918 @ 1908 hoursSopwithRoye, France
1611 August 1918 @ 1910 hoursSPADEstrees, France
1714 August 1918 @ 1840 hoursSopwith CamelNo. 46 Squadron RAFChaulnes, France
1819 August 1918 @ 1006 hoursBreguet or Airco DH.9Pertain, France
1920 August 1918SPAD
2020 August 1918Breguet 14
2112 September 1918Airco DH.48th Aero Squadron, USAASNorth of Hattonville
2212 September 1918Airco DH.4Vieville-en-Haye, France
2312 September 1918Breguet 14East of Thiaucourt, France
2413 September 1918SPADAllamont, France
Unconfirmed13 September 1918SPADAllamont, France
2514 September 1918Two-seater reconnaissance aircraftMars-la-Tour, France
2614 September 1918Breguet 14Latour, France
2715 September 1918SPAD 13Thiaucourt, France
2815 September 1918SPAD 13Lachaussee, France
2917 September 1918Salmson 2A2Dampvitoux, France
3018 September 1918SPADDampvitoux, France
3118 September 1918 @ 1725 hoursSPADChambley-Bussières, France
3218 September 1918 @ 1730 hourSPADWest of Chambley-Bussières, France
3326 September 1918SPAD 1327th Aero Squadron, USAASConsenvoye, France
3426 September 1918SPAD 1394th Aero Squadron, USAASCharpentrie
3526 September 1918SPAD 1394th Aero Squadron, USAASGercourt-et-Drillancourt, France
3626 September 1918SPAD 1322nd Aero Squadron, USAASÉtreillers, France
3728 September 1918Salmson 2A288th Aero Squadron, USAASNantillois, France
381 October 1918Salmson 2A2
3921 October 1918Enemy aircraftArgonne, France
4022 October 1918Two-seater reconnaissance aircraft