Royal D. Frey, LT. COL., AFRes (Ret), (M.S., Ohio State University) is Chief, Research Division, Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. After flying training in 1943, he flew P-38s with the 20th Fighter Group from England and was credited with two Me-110s destroyed before being shot down, captured, and held prisoner for 15 months. In 1950 he became historian, Hq Air Materiel Command. Recalled to active duty in 1951, he flew F-84s with Air Defense Command for two years. He was Command Staff Editor, Hq AMC, 1953-58, and had been in his present position since 1959 except for a year as a logistics staff officer in France. Royal Frey was an author of official USAF histories, including Evolution of Maintenance Engineering 1907-1920 and Case History of the C-119, and a contributor to The Airman.
View photographs of aircraft flown by 2nd Lt. Royal D. Frey of the 55th Fighter Squadron, 1945 at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ksr8s/5568765454/
Royal D. Frey, LT. COL., AFRes (Ret), (M.S., Ohio State University) is Chief, Research Division, Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. After flying training in 1943, he flew P-38s with the 20th Fighter Group from England and was credited with two Me-110s destroyed before being shot down, captured, and held prisoner for 15 months. In 1950 he became historian, Hq Air Materiel Command. Recalled to active duty in 1951, he flew F-84s with Air Defense Command for two years. He was Command Staff Editor, Hq AMC, 1953-58, and had been in his present position since 1959 except for a year as a logistics staff officer in France. Royal Frey was an author of official USAF histories, including Evolution of Maintenance Engineering 1907-1920 and Case History of the C-119, and a contributor to The Airman.
View photographs of aircraft flown by 2nd Lt. Royal D. Frey of the 55th Fighter Squadron, 1945 at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ksr8s/5568765454/
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