Cecil Blaine Fisher

Military
Cecil Fisher UPL 62067 UPL 62067 2nd Lt Cecil B. Fisher

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Cecil Blaine Fisher

Object Number - UPL 62067 - 2nd Lt Cecil B. Fisher

Assigned to 339BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 27-Sep-43 over Emden, Germany with 2 and 3 engines on fire in B-17 42-30792 'Daisy June IV'. Wounded in leg. Prisoner of War (POW). As the result of loss of my leg. Was included in the 2nd exchange of Prisoner of Wars in September 1944.



Awards: PH, POW, EAME, WWII Victory.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Alfred Drabnis

Alfred Drabnis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-000072
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot, Pilot

Aircraft

42-30792

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Wheeling, West Virginia 12 April 1915 Born Wheeling, West Virginia

Enlisted

Bolling Field, Anacostia, District Of Columbia 27 March 1942 Enlisted Bolling Field, Anacostia, District Of Columbia

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 27 September 1943 - 1 September 1944 Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft I, Repatriated due to leg amputation

Died

17 April 1961

Buried

Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia 20 April 1961 Interred Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 756 / MACR 756; Snetterton Falcons, pg 59 and 62 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Cecil Fisher

Object number: UPL 62067 - 2nd Lt Cecil B. Fisher