Friedrich von Mallinckrodt

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Friedrich von Mallinckrodt (born August 15, 1894 in Essen , † during the Second World War ) was a German officer and test pilot.

Flight preparation of the J 1 in the Air Force Replacement Unit 1 in Döberitz (1915)

On December 12, 1915, as a young lieutenant pilot in Döberitz , he dared the first test flight of the Junkers J 1 , the world's first all-metal aircraft . In the First World War , after six victories in the air, he was awarded the House Order of Hohenzollern .

He probably fell in World War II .

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literature

  • Kerstin Decker : Runway East. The aviation pioneers from Dessau . In: Der Tagesspiegel from February 4, 2019
  • 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 . London 1993, p. 161 f. ISBN 978-0-948817-73-1