Friedrich Mallinckrodt

Leutnant Friedrich von Mallinckrodt (15 August 1894 – 2 August 1941) was a German World War I test pilot and flying ace credited with six aerial victories.

Biography Early life Friedrich von Mallinckrodt was born on 15 August 1894 in Essen, the German Empire. thumb right On 12 December 1915 he was the pilot on the first test flight of the Junkers J 1, the world's first all-metal aircraft.

After training, beginning in January 1916, he served in the 5th Kagohl, a tactical bomber wing. By April 1916, he was transferred to an ad hoc fighter unit, Kampfeinsitzerkommando Sivry (Combat Single-Seater Command Sivry). While near Verdun on 30 April, he claimed his first enemy aircraft shot down; the victory went unconfirmed. On 10 September, he was posted to a fighter squadron, Jagdstaffel 6. He would not score his first official victory until 28 October 1916, when he downed a Caudron over Villeselve. Once returned to Jasta 6, he had another unconfirmed victory on 30 December 1916.

Friedrich Mallinckrodt was awarded the Knight's Cross of the House Order of Hohenzollern. Also, five wounds should have qualified him for the Wound Badge.

Later life

Following WWI, Mallinckrodt was employed by Fokker as a test pilot. He began an affair with Anthony Fokker's wife Elisabeth "Tetta" von Morgen, precipitating Fokker to divorce her on 11 October 1923. Mallinckrodt and Tetta were married in Berlin on 18 December 1923, but their marriage lasted only two years.

rightDuring the Second World War he served as a Major at the Luftwaffe Air Force Test Center at Rechlin–Lärz Airfield. He died in a plane crash on 2 August 1941 northeast of Rechlin and was buried in the Stahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery.