Karl Patzelt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Austro-Hungarian flying ace
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Place of Birth: Craiova, Dolj County, Romania
About Karl Patzelt
- Oberleutnant Karl Patzelt was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.Patzelt's birthplace is often incorrectly given as Crajova, Bohemia.
- This was caused by an error in his Austrian personal documents deposited in Vienna, which state "Crajova, Böhmen".
- In fact, no such place exists in Bohemia.
- According to Patzelt's qualification document deposited in Prague, he was born in Craiova, Romania, and his legal domicile was Mladá Boleslav, Bohemia, where his father came from.
- The same source also gives his exact date of birth as 3 February 1893, and spoken languages as German, Romanian and Czech.Patzelt was killed in action on 4 May when his Albatros D.III was shot down during a skirmish over Montello, a hill in the Treviso province of Italy.
- The credit for the victory has been disputed.
- At least one author gives it to Corpo Aeronautico Militare pilot Sergente Giovanni Nicelli of 79a Squadriglia and another credits Royal Air Force pilot Lt.
- Gerald Birks of 66 Squadron.
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