Friedrich von Mallinckrodt served in the infantry in the 70th Regiment of Foot, in which he enlisted before the war.

While near Verdun on 30 April, he claimed his first enemy aircraft shot down; the victory went unconfirmed.

[1] As German medals were awarded in a progressive fashion, this meant that he almost certainly won both classes of the Iron Cross.

[6] During 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.