caption serviceyears branch death_date death_place birth_place allegiance unit image_size awards battles birth_date alt rank image article_title name
william mayes fry c. 1917 1915 -- 1934 1939 -- 1945 british army royal air force 4 august 1992 greenwich , london , england twickenham , middlesex , england united kingdom somerset squadron rfc no. 60 squadron rfc no. 23 squadron rfc light no. 79 squadron raf no. 7 squadron raf no. 99 infantry squadron raf no. 216 squadron raf no. 11 squadron rfc no. 12 140px military cross world war i world war ii 14 november 1896 william mayes fry c. 1917 squadron leader william-mayes-fry . jpg william mayes fry
 william mayes fry
william mayes fry

squadron leader william mayes fry -lrb- 14 november 1896 -- 4 august 1992 -rrb- was a world war i royal flying corps and royal air force fighter ace .
he was credited with eleven aerial victories , piloting no fewer than four different types of fighter aircraft .
fry also has the distinction of being one of the few world war i airmen to survive to the 1990s .
