Royal Desmond Frey
Military
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Object Number - UPL 25620 - 2Lt Royal Frey 20th FG POW
Lt Frey shot down by flak on Feb 10, 1944 in P-38J #42-67855 shortly after claiming his second Bf 110. Prisoner of War (liberated).
Post War: curator US Air Force Museum Dayton, OH
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Chillicothe, Ohio | 28 December 1923 | |
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Enlisted |
Columbus, Ohio, USA | 31 March 1942 | Enlisted at Fort Hayes Age 19 |
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Died |
Springfield, Ohio, USA | 28 February 1993 | aged 69 |
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Buried |
Chillicothe, Ohio, USA | Grandview Cemetery | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 10 February 1944 | Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 |
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Other Ohio State University (OSU) |
Columbus, Ohio, USA | Graduated from OSU in 1949 Recieved a masters in History in 1950 at OSU. | |
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Other USAF Museum Curator |
Dayton, Ohio, USA |
Revisions
Added a OSU event per his Obit at Newpapers.com.
Added a USAF Curator event per a Memorial at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
Added POW camp information to the POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an Enlisted event per "U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946" at Ancestry.com.
Capitalized "feb" in the "Summary biography".
Updated Died and Buried events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 40240675.
Added middle name and upgraded rank per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 40240675.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2156 / MACR 2156, Obitutuary, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
