Buchner, Hermann (Schlachtgeschw. 2 "Immelmann")
- Date of birth:
- October 30th, 1919 (Salzburg, Austria)
- Date of death:
- December 1st, 2005 (Linz/Upper Austria, Austria)
- Nationality:
- Austrian (1938-1945, Reichsgau)
Biography
Hermann Buchner flew a total of 631 sorties during WWII (including 215 with the Bf 109E, 396 with the Fw 190 and 20 with the Me 262). In total he achieved 58 aerial victories (including 46 in the East and 12 four-engined bombers with the Me 262) and destroyed numerous ground targets including 46 tanks and 1 armoured train.
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Silberne Verdienstzeichen der Republik Österreich
Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 15th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 24th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 6. Staffel, Schlachtgeschwader 1
- Awarded on:
- October 5th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 31st, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- 6. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Schlachtgeschwader 1, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- October 17th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 6. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann", Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- July 20th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher
- Photo: Willi Schumacher collection
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
- OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Patzwall K.D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Studien zur Geschichte der Auszeichnungen, Band 6, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008, ISBN 978-3-931533-08-3
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