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258088 Sgt.Pilot. George Kooker Villinger Royal Canadian Air Force 175 Squadron from:Palmyra, New Jersey (d.2nd March 1944) George Villinger, age 23, from Palmyra, New Jersey, voluntarily enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force at Montreal, Quebec on 20th of October 1941. After basic training/guard duty and Initial Training School at Toronto, Trenton, London and Belleville (all in the Province of Ontario), George began flight training on de Havilland Tiger Moth biplanes at RCAF No. 20 Elementary Flying Training School at Oshawa, Ontario. From there, he was posted to RCAF No. 16 Service Flying Training School at Hagersville, Ontario where he flew twin-engined Avro Ansons. He graduated as a Sergeant Pilot earning his wings on 25th of September 1942. George shipped out to England from Halifax, Nova Scotia in early October that year. On 24th of November 1942 he commenced fighter pilot training on Hawker Hurricanes at Royal Air Force (RAF) No. 55 Operational Training Unit and was then posted to 175 , RFAon 26th of January 1943 where he flew Hurricanes until 24th of March 1943 when he transferred from the RCAF to the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). George died 2nd of March 1944. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.