Fruchtl, John George

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-07-19

Birth Date: 1916

Born:

Home: Killarney, Manitoba

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

5 GTS- Glider Training School

Base

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Flight Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/101420

Home
Google MapKillarney, Manitoba
First Burial
Google MapHethe Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Cemetery, Oxfordshire, Uk
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.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

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.
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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

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