Col. Richard E. Fitzhugh, son of Edwin Rutherford Fitzhugh & Florence Lee Fitzhugh.
Grandson of Oscar Stuart Fitzhugh and Fannie Ware Conway Fitzhugh.
Great-grandson of James Madison Fitzhugh and Mary Fitzhugh Stuart Fitzhugh.
World War II: He was the pilot of the B-17G "El Lobo II" who completed 30 missions with the 457th Bomb Group. Then in 1946, he flew Winston Churchill on a speaking tour.
Preceded in death by his wife, Alice Idol Fitzhugh.
See video on YouTube.
Fitzhugh, Richard E. (049465). B-Va. 23 Oct. 22. A-D.C. D.F.C., A.M. (4 O.L.C.) Rated: Plt.
Pvt. A.C.E.R.C. 13 May A2; A.D. avn/c. A.C. 21 Oct. 42 to 27 July 43; 2 lt. A. U.S. 28 July 43; accepted 28 July 43; A.D. 28 July 43; 1 lt. A. U.S. 15 Sept. 44; capt. A. U.S. 5 Nov. 44.--1 Lt. A.C. 19 June 47 with rank from 23 Oct. 46; accepted 1 July 47.
"Dick proudly served in the Army Air Corps and United Sates Air Force during a 30 year career as a B-17 Flying Fortress pilot in World War II and B-52 Stratofortress pilot and commander during the Viet Nam war. He had the distinct honor and privilege of being Sir Winston Churchill's pilot following World War II."
He was a resident of Westminster Village in Spanish Fort, Alabama, at the time of his death.
Also preceded in death by his fiancé, Edith "Edie" Orf Amos of Westminster Village.
Col. Richard E. Fitzhugh, son of Edwin Rutherford Fitzhugh & Florence Lee Fitzhugh.
Grandson of Oscar Stuart Fitzhugh and Fannie Ware Conway Fitzhugh.
Great-grandson of James Madison Fitzhugh and Mary Fitzhugh Stuart Fitzhugh.
World War II: He was the pilot of the B-17G "El Lobo II" who completed 30 missions with the 457th Bomb Group. Then in 1946, he flew Winston Churchill on a speaking tour.
Preceded in death by his wife, Alice Idol Fitzhugh.
See video on YouTube.
Fitzhugh, Richard E. (049465). B-Va. 23 Oct. 22. A-D.C. D.F.C., A.M. (4 O.L.C.) Rated: Plt.
Pvt. A.C.E.R.C. 13 May A2; A.D. avn/c. A.C. 21 Oct. 42 to 27 July 43; 2 lt. A. U.S. 28 July 43; accepted 28 July 43; A.D. 28 July 43; 1 lt. A. U.S. 15 Sept. 44; capt. A. U.S. 5 Nov. 44.--1 Lt. A.C. 19 June 47 with rank from 23 Oct. 46; accepted 1 July 47.
"Dick proudly served in the Army Air Corps and United Sates Air Force during a 30 year career as a B-17 Flying Fortress pilot in World War II and B-52 Stratofortress pilot and commander during the Viet Nam war. He had the distinct honor and privilege of being Sir Winston Churchill's pilot following World War II."
He was a resident of Westminster Village in Spanish Fort, Alabama, at the time of his death.
Also preceded in death by his fiancé, Edith "Edie" Orf Amos of Westminster Village.
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