Leutnant Joachim von Busse (born 14 May 1893, son of Hugo von Busse and Elly von Kunkel; death 21 January 1945) was a World War I
flying ace
A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The exact number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an ace is varied, but is usually co ...
credited with eleven aerial victories.
[The Aerodrome website http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/busse.php Retrieved on 13 April 2010.]
Early life and infantry service
Joachim von Busse was born in
Latkovo, Hohensalzen on 14 May 1893.
His parents were Elly von Kunkel and Hugo von Busse. Busse joined the King's Jager Regiment No. 1 in May 1912.
World War I aviation service
Busse transferred to aviation in March 1915.
He served with an artillery cooperation unit, FFA 12, before transferring to Kasta 22. His next assignment took him to single-seater fighters in
Jagdstaffel 3, in August 1917. He promptly scored his first win on the 10th. He scored three more victories with his
Albatros D.III
The Albatros D.III was a biplane fighter aircraft used by the Imperial German Army Air Service (''Luftstreitkräfte'') during World War I. A modified licence model was built by Oeffag for the Austro-Hungarian Air Service ( ''Luftfahrtruppen''). ...
, with the last one being Canadian ace Emerson Smith, before being given command of
Jagdstaffel 20 on 1 December. He shot down enemy aircraft three more times, in July 1918, before being wounded on 1 August. After another victory on 24 September, he finished his tally by scoring three Victories on 3 October 1918.
Sources of information
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. , .
1893 births
1945 deaths
German World War I flying aces
Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914), 1st class
Luftstreitkräfte personnel
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