Harold N Fisher

Military

Crashed near Stettin on 8/25/44 in B-17 'Cutie On Duty' #44-6171, Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

Connections

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-30778

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Old 66 / Lady Margaret
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron

44-6171

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Cutie On Duty
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag VII-A

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Moosburg, Germany 25 August 1944 Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)

Born

Brooklyn, New York

Revisions

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Added an association to A/C #42-30778 per the info in the A/C description section.

 

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Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Added an association to Stalag 7A per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=3159&mtch=2&tf=F&q=Ha…

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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MACR 8286

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8286,

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