Virgil L Fisher

Military
media-55608.jpeg UPL 55608 1st Lt Virgil Fisher, 458BG

Object Number - UPL 55608 - 1st Lt Virgil Fisher, 458BG

Assigned to 754BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x combat missions. ETD





Awards: AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19100811 / O-699652
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Williams, Iowa 31 May 1923

Died

Burnsville, MN 17 July 2003

Buried

Oak Ridge Cemetery West Liberty, Muscatine County, IA 21 July 2003 Oak Ridge Cemetery West Liberty, Muscatine County, Iowa

Based

Horsham St Faith Assigned to 754BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Page 266 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Co, 1998 edition

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