Henry L Fischer Jr

Military

Shot down 7 July 1944. Prisoner of War (POW). Hit by fighters and crashed at Halberstadt in B-24 #4295177



POW Medal

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bo II
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron 857th Bomb Squadron 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Baltimore, Maryland

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7237