Otto Fruhner [SEP] place of death
rank in the Luftwaffe during World War II. Remaining in training commands, he eventually attained the rank of "Generalmajor" (major general).
Otto Fruhner died in Villach, Austria on 19 June 1965.
References.
- Franks, Norman; Bailey, Frank W.; Guest, Russell. "Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918". Grub Street, 1993. , .
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Otto Fruhner
Generalmajor Otto Fruhner (6 September 1893 – 19 June 1965) MMC, IC, was a German World War I flying ace credited with 27 victories. He was one of the first aviators to parachute from a stricken aircraft.
Beginning as an enlisted mechanic in late 1914, Fruhner rose into the officer's ranks. He was eligible for Germany's highest officer's decoration for valor, the Pour le Merite, when Kaiser Wilhelm II's abdication scotched the award and the German military largely disbanded after its defeat