Leutnant Peter August Burkard (25 October 1894 – ) was a German
World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.
[The Aerodrome website page on Burkar]
Retrieved on 7 November 2020.
He was a chemistry student during the war and later earned his doctorate.
Military career
* See also
Aerial victory standards of World War I
On 1 June 1918, Burkard was posted to ''
Jagdstaffel 29
Royal Prussian ''Jagdstaffel'' 29, commonly abbreviated to ''Jasta'' 29, was a "hunting group" (i.e., fighter squadron) of the ''Luftstreitkräfte'', the air arm of the Imperial German Army during World War I. The squadron would score 76 aerial vi ...
'',
[Franks et al 1993, p. 91.] a
Fokker D.VII
The Fokker D.VII was a German World War I fighter aircraft designed by Reinhold Platz of the Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. Germany produced around 3,300 D.VII aircraft in the second half of 1918. In service with the ''Luftstreitkräfte'', the D.VII qu ...
fighter squadron commanded by
Harald Auffarth
Eduard Florus Harald Auffarth (also Auffahrt) (~1896 – 12 October 1946) Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross, Silver Wound Badge, Hanseatic Cross, was a World War I German fighter ace credited with 29 victories. After the war, he ...
.
[Franks 2004, p. 27.] On the 27th, Burkard staked his first victory claim, which was unconfirmed. He also received the
Iron Cross First Class that day. Subsequently, he would score six confirmed victories between 8 August and 16 October 1918.
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Endnotes
References
* Franks, Norman; Bailey, Frank W.; Guest, Russell. ''Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918''. Grub Street, 1993. , .
* Franks, Norman. ''Fokker D VII Aces of World War 1, Part 2.'' Osprey Publishing, 2004. , 9781841767291.
1894 births
Year of death missing
German World War I flying aces
Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914), 1st class
20th-century German chemists
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