Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1893–1917)

Prince Friedrich Karl was born in Schloss Klein-Glienicke, Potsdam, Berlin. He was the son of Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia (1865–1931) and Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1866–1952) and a grandson of Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia.

He was a member of the 1912 German Olympic equestrian team, which won a bronze medal in the team jumping event. His horse during the Olympic competition was "Gibson Boy".

He fought in World War I as an aviator between 1914 and 1917. He commanded Fliegerabteilung (Artillerie) 258, an artillery spotting unit, but flew patrols in a single-seat fighter with Jasta Boelcke whenever possible. During one such patrol on March 21, 1917, he was forced to land because of a bullet in his engine and with a slight wound to his foot. He landed his Albatros aircraft in no-man's land, but while running towards his own lines he was shot in the back and severely wounded by Australian troops.[2] He was taken into captivity, where he died from his injuries on 6 April 1917 at Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray.[3]

• 1. Garderegiment zu Fuß (1st Regiment of Foot Guards), Leutnant à la suite from 1903; Leutnant by 1908.[4]
• Fliegerabteilung (Artillerie) 258 (artillery aerial observer squadron), squadron commander, 1917.

• Knight, Order of the Black Eagle, 1903
• Knight Grand Cross (with Crown), Order of the Red Eagle, 1903
• Knight, First Class, Prussian Crown Order, 1903
• Knight Grand Commander, Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, ca 1903

• Iron Cross, Second Class
• Iron Cross, First Class
• Flugzeugführerabzeichen (Pilot's qualification badge), ca. 1917

• List of Olympians killed in World War I

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