Julius Buckler

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Julius Buckler (28 March 1894 – 23 May 1960) was a German First World War fighter ace credited with 36 victories during the war. He shot down 29 enemy airplanes and 7 balloons.

At 15 years of age, Buckler worked for Anthony Fokker but left in 1913 to join the Infantry Life Regiment 117. After suffering a rather bad wound on the Western Front, he transferred to the German Army Air Service (Luftstreitkräfte), flying in the group "Jasta 17" and becoming a Lieutenant. Already wounded 3 times by 1917, he was wounded for the fourth time on November 30 of that year. On that day in combat he injured his arms and chest, and then crashed and completely broke both arms. After recovering he rejoined Jasta 17, flying planes "Mops" and "Lilly" to score 3 more victories before he was severely wounded again on May 6, 1918.