Ralph James Fiskow

Military
media-17257.jpeg UPL 17257 Crew #408
Frank V. Cotner Crew
466th BG - 784th BS

Standing Left to Right: Ralph J. Fiskow (BTG), H.L. Heafner (LWG), Charles H. Doring (R/O), Edward L. Mount (TG), Robert F. Pipes (FE)

Kneeling Left to Right: Frank V. Cotner (P), Edward W. Dwan (CP), Melvin H. Everding (N), Norman H. Roth (B)

This original 466th BG crew was shot down on their 11th mission, 29 April 1944. Dwan was not on board that day and was replaced by John B. Stuart. Also Robert J. Falk had joined the crew as a waist gunner and was the only man KIA when they were shot down. Pipes and Heafner were evadees. The rest were made POW. 466th Bomb Group collection

Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom

Object Number - UPL 17257 - Crew #408 Frank V. Cotner Crew 466th BG - 784th BS Standing Left to Right: Ralph J. Fiskow (BTG), H.L. Heafner (LWG), Charles H. Doring (R/O),...

Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 #4229399 'Play Boy. ' Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

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

People

Franklynn V Cotner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O 803568
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-29399

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Play Boy
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 28 July 1923

Enlisted

Milwaukee, WI, USA 13 November 1941

Died

Milwaukee, WI, USA 9 November 1995

Other

Shot Down

7688 Daarle, Netherlands 29 April 1944 Parachuted and landed in a tree. The Germans captured him before he had time to extricate himself from the tree.

Other

POW

Tychowo, Poland Stalag Luft IV

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4448 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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