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Fruchtl, John George (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-July-19

Canada

Birth Date: 1916 (age 26)

Home: Killarney, Manitoba

Service
RCAF

Unit
5 GTS- Glider Training School

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Marshal
Air Chief Marshal	A/C/M
Air Marshal	A/M
Air Vice Marshal	A/V/M
Air Commodore	A/C
Group Captain	G/C
Wing Commander	W/C
Squadron Leader	S/L
Flight Lieutenant	F/L
Flying Officer	F/O
Pilot Officer	P/O
Warrant Officer 1st Class	WO1
Warrant Officer 2nd Class	WO2
Flight Sergeant	FS
Sergeant	SGT
Corporal	CPL
Senior Aircraftman	SAC
Leading Aircraftman	LAC
Aircraftman 1st Class	AC1
Aircraftman 2nd Class	AC2

Position
Pilot

Service Numbers
R/101420

5 Glider Training School. FS JG Fruchtl (RCAF) was killed when Hotspur II glider aircraft HH 232 released prematurely and dived into the ground near Nimbury Hill Farm, at Bicester, Oxfordshire.

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Killarney, Manitoba

Burial
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Hethe Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Cemetery
Grave 39

Hotspur HH232

Flight Sergeant Fruchtl, John George (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-July-19
Hethe Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Cemetery, Oxfordshire, UK

General Aircraft Hotspur

(RAF Photo)(Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page)
General Aircraft GAL.48 Hotspur Mk. II gliders, RAF (Serial No. BT551), L, nearest, of No. 2 Glider Training Unit.

The General Aircraft GAL.48 Hotspur was a military glider designed and built by the British company General Aircraft Ltd during World War II. When the British airborne establishment was formed in 1940 by order of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, it was decided that gliders would be used to transport airborne troops into battle. General Aircraft Ltd were given a contract by the Ministry of Aircraft Production in June 1940 to design and produce an initial glider for use by the airborne establishment, which resulted in the Hotspur.

Conceived as an "assault" glider which necessitated a compact design and no more than eight troops carried, tactical philosophy soon favoured larger numbers of troops being sent into battle aboard gliders. Due to this, the Hotspur was mainly relegated to training where it did excel and it became the basic trainer for the glider schools that were formed. Wikipedia

YouTube Hotspur Glider

Wkikpedia Wikipedia Hotspur Glider

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

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Hotspur HH232

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