Robert Emory Fischer
Military
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UPL 17171
Piloted by Lt Robert E. Fischer, B-17F 42-3153 drops its bombs on the Wilhelmshaven port area, Germany, on 3 November 1944 (USAAF photo)
USAAF photo
Robert Fischer was a Pilot in the 95th Bomb Group/336th Bomb Squadron. He completed 25 missions.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32383813
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14134358
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner; Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32002886 at enlistment then O-676290
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16109407
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20739483
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Worry Wart : The Devil's Daughter
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 339th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 3 November 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Detroit, Michigan | 27 March 1922 | |
Enlisted |
Détroit, Michigan, United States | 19 March 1942 | as a Private in the Air Corps |
Died |
Utica, Michigan, United States | 7 July 2004 |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
NARA WWII Enlistment records
See the Robert E. Fischer page at http://www.95thbg-horham.com/page78.html
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php; son