Fritz Spiegl

Note: Fritz Spiegl Wikipedia" Son of an agricultural merchant and his Jewish wife. He became a musician, journalist, broadcaster, humorist and collector who lived and worked in England from 1939. He was a distant relative of the composer Gustav Mahler''.

In 1939 Fritz and his sister, neither of whom spoke English or knew anything of music, were sent separately to England. He was one of 3 children taken in by the War Secretary Captain Margesson and his American wife; a married couple came along to look after the children. The Margessons taught Fritz English and sent him to Magdalen College School, near Banbury. At 15 Spiegl invented a model aeroplane which had another riding piggy-back upon it. The two were rigged together with a series of pulleys and elastic bands and, to his delight, the contraption could fly a short distance. The results were published in Model Aeroplane magazine. Thereafter Spiegl was hooked on the printed media..", obituary on Telegraph.co. uk, another, a Thread and article-2