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 Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 3 was a fighter squadron of the '' Luftstreitkräfte'', the air arm of the Imperial German Army during World War I. It was founded on 10 August 1916 at ''Flieger Ersatz Abteilung'' 5 in Braunschweig, Germany, as one of th ...

, 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''). T ...

, with the last one being Canadian ace Emerson Smith, before being given command of

Jagdstaffel 20 Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 20 was a fighter squadron of the ''Luftstreitkräfte'', the air arm of the Imperial German Army during World War I. History Jasta 20 was founded in the 2 Armee sector on 25 October 1916. On 24 December 1916, it suffered ...

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.

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*''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 {{wwi-air