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
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 . Abbreviations from those sources were expanded by editor creating this list.
No.Date/timeVictimSquadronLocationRemarks 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