Karl Patzelt [SEP] conflict
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
Fliegerkompanie 42J", which was a dedicated fighter unit, in May 1917. "Flik 42J" had some eight aces on its rolls:
Johann Risztics,
Otto Jaeger,
Karl Teichmann,
Friedrich Hefty,
Ernst Strohschneider,
Georg Kenzian,
Franz Graeser, and
Karl Patzelt.
Udvardy stayed with "Flik 42J" until war's end. The unit's equipment evolved to include Aviatik D.I and Phonix D.I fighters, but Albatros D.IIIs came to predominate. While with the unit, Udvardy