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Ernst Buffa

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Years of service
  
1912–45

Rank
  
Generalleutnant


Name
  
Ernst Buffa

Commands held
  
12. Flak-Division

Ernst Buffa

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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Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 September 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 12. Flak-Division(mot.)
  • References

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