Endre Frankó, the last member of the Puma century, passed away



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2020.12.30. 19:31

A II. A soldier fighting in the legendary formation of World War I was 97 years old.

Endre Frankó was born on September 3, 1923 in Eger. There were five brothers, three children. All three became airplanes. In 1939 he began flying with Zögling. He graduated from Eger in 1942. He applied to the Aviation Academy, where he enrolled later this year. He was sworn in as a lieutenant on August 20, 1944. On September 15 he was sent to Debrecen for a combat flight course. Pope was moved by the approach of the front. Here he did not receive training or machinery either. He complained more than he needed to and was therefore transferred to the St. Ladislaus Division along with some of his companions. He received pedestrian training in Várpalota and then, shortly before the first deployment,

on November 30, he was finally transferred to the Puma.

Frankó Endre | Photo: Facebook

After the war, he tried himself in various professions. He was also a motorized flight instructor and technical draftsman. Later he entered the Department of Correspondence of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Technical University, where he graduated in 1962. He moved to UVATERV, where he designed industrial cable cars. Among other things, he designed the Jánoshegy Gondola cable car.

(pumaszallas.hu)



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