Years of service 1912–45 Rank Generalleutnant | Name Ernst Buffa Commands held 12. Flak-Division | |
Allegiance German Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Annexation of Austria
Annexation of the Sudetenland
Battle of France
Battle of Kursk
Defense of the Reich Died September 19, 1971, Traben-Trarbach, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Anschluss, Battle of France, Battle of Kursk, Defence of the Reich, World War II Service/branch German Army (1914–1918), Reichswehr (1919–1935), Luftwaffe (1935–1945) |
Ernst Buffa (14 February 1893 – 19 September 1971) was a general in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II. Son of Franz Freiherr Buffa von Lilienberg und Castellalt, Baron of the Holy Roman Empire, he enlisted in the German army in 1912. He entered the Military Academy of Berlin in May 1916. During World War I he was sent to the Western Front. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. In 1947, he moved to Argentina where he wrote about his experiences during the war. He died in 1971 in the village of Traben-Trarbach.
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