He was credited with eleven aerial victories, piloting no fewer than four different types of fighter aircraft.

Fry joined the army and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Somerset Light Infantry on 10 June 1915.

60 Squadron,[4] where, flying a Nieuport 17, Fry scored his first win on 2 May 1917; two days later, he shared a victory with Billy Bishop.

Further solo victories were gained on 13 and 19 May, and for his fifth, an Albatros D.III was driven down out of control on 16 June, shared with Keith Caldwell.

[4] On 16 August 1917 Fry was awarded the Military Cross, his citation reading: On 1 September 1917 he was appointed a flight commander with the temporary rank of captain,[7] and was transferred to No.

They jointly shot down and killed Pour le Merite winner Leutnant Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp.

[19] Fry returned to RAF service during World War II, serving from 1939 until 1945, rising to the rank of wing commander,[4] and receiving a mention in dispatches on 1 January 1945,[20] before returning to the retired list on 15 July 1945, retaining the rank of wing commander.