Richard L Fisher

Military
media-14565.jpeg UPL 14565 B-24 Liberator 42-40606 'Timb-a-h' and crew. This A/C was shot down by an Me 109G-6 flown by Uffz. Fritz Willinger of JG 3/12 on August 16, 43 near San Fele, Italy. 5 KIA, 5 POW MACR 2451.

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Object Number - UPL 14565 - B-24 Liberator 42-40606 'Timb-a-h' and crew. This A/C was shot down by an Me 109G-6 flown by Uffz. Fritz Willinger of JG 3/12 on August 16, 43 near...

Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying in B-24 Liberator 42-40606.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-40606

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Timb-A-H!
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

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Born

Morehouse, Missouri

Revisions

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Sources

Ploesti Sortie Reports, 44th Bomb Group

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'Ploesti' by Dugan & Stewart / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 14565 - B-24 Liberator 42-40606 'Timb-a-h' and crew. This...