Staff Sergeant Robert H. Fisher Jr. 12141953

Staff Sergeant Robert H. Fisher Jr. 12141953 US Army Air Corps KIA / MIA. He was born in 1922, in New York. He enlisted on September 11, 1942 at the age of 20. He served as a waist gunner on a B24. He was attached to the 328th Squadron 93rd Bombardment Group of the 8th Air Force stationed at Hardwick England. Staff Sergeant Fisher was a crewman on the B24 Shoot Luke 41-23729. He was Killed in Action on October 18th 1943, at the age of 21, while on their 3rd mission to bomb an industrial site in Duren Germany they were attacked by several ME 109s. The entire crew was lost in the North Sea. He was Awarded the Purple Heart Medal (PHM), the Air Medal, the American Theater of operations,  European African Middle Eastern Theater of operations, World War Two Victory Medal.

The Crew Shoot Luke 41-23729 was made up of

SSgt Clifford A. Blais 31179330

2Lt Gregory Bournazos O-736752

TSgt Idus F. Coleman 34243641

SSgt Robert H Fisher 12141953

SSgt Reuben L. Gareau 6798108

SSgt Robert J Graff 12075899

2Lt Roger W Hayes O-737946

TSgt Henry H Howard, Jr 39019629

1Lt Charles R Hutchens O-735381

2Lt Harry J. Linville or Linvill O-801138

 

1- Information from Bob Perrotta

2- https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=F&q=12141953&bc=sd&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=577528