Erich Buder

Erich Buder
Born 14 January 1896
Frankfurt/Oder
Died 24 May 1975(1975-05-24) (aged 79)
Hannover
Allegiance Germany
Rank Vizefeldwebel
Unit Jasta 84, Jasta 26, Kest 16
Awards Military Merit Cross, Iron Cross

Vizefeldwebel Erich Buder (14 January 1896 – 24 May 1975) was a World War I flying ace credited with twelve aerial victories.[1][2]

Buder served with Jasta 84 before transferring to Jasta 26. He scored his wins with this squadron between 26 March and 4 November 1918,[3] with two victories unconfirmed at war's end. He was transferred to Kest 6 as the war ended. Besides the First and Second Class Iron Cross, he received the Golden Military Merit Cross, which was the enlisted men's equivalent of the Blue Max, on 2 November 1918.[4]

Sources of information

  1. ↑ http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/buder.php Retrieved on 13 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps 1914 - 1918. p. 89.
  3. ↑ http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/buder.php Retrieved on 13 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps 1914 - 1918. p. 89.

References

Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps 1914 - 1918 Norman L. R. Franks, et al. Grub Street, 1993. ISBN 0-948817-73-9, ISBN 978-0-948817-73-1.


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