World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
William Benjamin Fry, Jr.
Hometown
San Benito, Texas
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLIGHT SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 22 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 504 'COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK. VB (AD135) CRASHED NEAR DUNGIVEN, COUNTY DERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND ON SEPTEMBER 26, 1942. BURIED AT CHRIST CHURCH (CHURCH OF IRELAND) CHURCHYARD BURIAL GROUNDS, LIMAVADY, COUNTY DERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND.