Hans-Joachim Buddecke
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Hans-Joachim Buddecke was a German flying ace in World War I, credited with thirteen victories. He was the third ace, after Max Immelmann and Oswald Boelcke, to earn the Blue Max. He saw combat in thr
Hans-Joachim Buddecke, in Turkish uniform, with the Pour le Mérite at his neck
Hans-Joachim Buddecke, Otto Liman von Sanders and Oswald Boelcke in Turkey, 1916
On 6 September 1916, Buddecke forced down this FE2b and captured it for his eighth victory.
Grave of Hans Joachim Buddecke (1918) on the Invalidenfriedhof Berlin
Invalids' Cemetery
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The Invalids' Cemetery is one of the oldest cemeteries in Berlin. It was the traditional resting place of the Prussian Army, and is regarded as particularly important as a memorial to the German Wars
Hans-Joachim Buddecke
…during an aerial combat above Lens, France on 10 March 1918, victim to Sopwith Camels of 3 Naval Squadron RNAS. Hans-Joachim Buddecke is buried at the Invalidenfriedhof Cemetery in Berlin. Iron Cross of 1914, 1st and 2nd class (1915…
Invalidenfriedhof
Tomb of General von Scharnhorst
Looking west to the Graves of Scharnhorst, Boyen and the Rauch family
Former death zone (Todesstreifen) in the cemetery with the rest of the Berlin Wall (Hinterlandmauer – left), right: the western wall of the cemetery