Karl Patzelt

Karl Patzelt
Born	3 February 1893 Craiova, Romania, Austro-Hungary
Died	4 May 1918 Vidor, Italy
Allegiance	Austro-Hungarian Empire
Service/branch	Flying services
Rank	Oberleutnant
Unit	Flik 29J, Flik 34, Flik 42J, Flik 68J.
Commands held	Flik 68J.
Battles/wars	Battle of Komarow (As Leutnant of the 22nd Regiment) 1914, Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive 1915 (as Oberleutnant), Brusilov Offensive 1916, Battle of Caporetto 1917 (as officer-observer of Flik34),
Awards	Order of the Iron Crown 3rd Class with War Decoration and Swords, Military Merit Cross, Military Merit Medal (Bronze and Silver), German Iron Cross 2nd Class

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 February 3, 1893, and spoken languages as German, Romanian and Czech.

Patzelt was killed in action on May 4 when his Albatros D.III was shot down by Corpo Aeronautico Militare pilot Sergente Giovanni Nicelli of 79a Squadriglia.

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