Arnold L Fisher
Military
Object Number - UPL 32332 - "S/Sgt Arnold Fisher after being presented with the Air Medal at an airbase of the 452nd Bomb Group England. 24-Mar-44."
Assigned to 729BS, 452BG, 8AF USAAF.
Shot down 20-Apr-44 in B-17 #42-37956 MACR 4179. Plane ditched in Channel. Returned to base.
Shot down 12-May-44 in B-17 #42-97786 'The Hardway'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4823.
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-803308
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Marie Helena
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Hard Way
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Monroe, LA, USA | 7 December 1923 | Son of Thomas Lazon and Carrie Beatrice [Ford] Fisher. |
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Enlisted |
Shreveport, LA, USA | 24 November 1942 | |
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Other Survived ditching RTB |
English Channel | 20 April 1944 | Shot down 20-Apr-44 in B-17 #42-37956 Plane ditched in Channel. Returned to base. MACR 4179. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 12 May 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). |
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Other Baled out |
Koblenz, Germany | 12 May 1944 | Shot down 12-May-44 in B-17 #42-97786 'The Hardway'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4823. |
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Died |
Louisiana, USA | 23 January 1984 | |
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Born |
Columbia, LA 71418, USA | ||
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Buried |
Mangham, LA 71259, USA | Lynn Cemetery Archibald, Richland Parish, LA | |
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Based |
Deopham Green | 12 May 1944 | Assigned to 729BS, 452BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4179, MACR 4823 / MACR 4823 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
