Hermann Buchner – Schlachtgeschwader 2 “Immelmann” (Me262 Pilot! 12 Victories with the Me262!)

Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Hermann Buchner. Oberfeldwebel Hermann Buchner (30.10.1919 in Salzburg † 01.12.2005 in Linz) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on October 17, 1943 and the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on July 20, 1944 as Oberfeldwebel und Flugzeugführer in the 6. Staffel/ Schlachtgeschwader 2 “Immelmann”.

During World War II, Buchner logged 631 combat missions, of which 215 on the Messerschmitt Bf 109E, 396 on the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, and 20 on the Messerschmitt Me 262. He was shot down five times, including two bail outs with a parachute, and was wounded twice. Buchner was credited with 58 aerial victories—46 on the Eastern Front and 12 flying the Me 262 in Defence of the Reich. As a ground attack pilot, he was credited with the destruction of 46 tanks and one armoured train. Read more about Hermann Buchner (Wikipedia)

Provenance: This signature comes from one of the largest postwar signature collection I’ve ever commissioned. This collection was started by a Waffen-SS Veteran, Werner H., in the 1950’s until he passed away.