Fruh Robert K Lt

Assigned Aircraft

Not Known

Mission History

Completed Tour of Duty

Mission List

55th FG Mission #	Date	Target
97	21 May 1944	Chattanooga No.1

Air Scores

3-2-0

Ground Scores

0-0

Score Detail

10 February 1944 Me-110 destroyed (air) Brunswick
18 March 1944 Me-109 destroyed (air) E/French Border
18 March 1944 (2)Me-109 probable (air) E/French Border
11 September 1944 Me-109 destroyed (air) S/Meiningen

Notes

Known as 'Bob'
Entered service from Minot, North Dakota
ASN - 0-748953
19 November 1943 - Joined the 338th Fighter Squadron
05 February 1944 - Awarded the Air Medal
21 February 1944 - Belly-landed at Nuthampstead in P-38J CL-A, on return from a mission. Lt. Fruh was uninjured in the crash.
23 February 1944 - Awarded 1st Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal
26 March 1944 - Promoted from 2nd Lieutenant to 1st Lieutenant
28 March 1944 - Awarded 2nd Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal
05 April 1944 - Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross
21 May 1944 - Appointed Flight Commander of "D" Flight
16 June 1944 - Crash landed, RAF Station Manston, England in a P-38J. The plane was a write-off.
03 July 1944 - Appointed Assistant Squadron Operations Officer
06 July 1944 - Awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster to the Distinguished Flying Cross
23 October 1944 - Awarded 3rd Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal
23 October 1944 - Awarded 4th Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal
23 October 1944 - Awarded 5th Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal
31 October 1944 - Completed Tour of Duty
31 October 1944 - Transferred to the 70th Replacement Depot

Memories

'Fruh was my favourite and we remained in contact until he died in 1997. You may not know he was a very good tap dancer at time of his death.' (S. Richardson Jr. Sept 2006)