Howard F Fisher

Military
media-6911.jpeg UPL 6911 Lt. Howard A. Fisher
466th BG - 787th BS
Silver Star
Purple Heart

Flew 27 missions. On 20 June 1944 brought a severely damaged B-24 back with 5 wounded and 3 KIA crewmen and crash landed near RAF Ashford. Awarded Silver Star for his actions that day.

Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom

Object Number - UPL 6911 - Lt. Howard A. Fisher 466th BG - 787th BS Silver Star Purple Heart Flew 27 missions. On 20 June 1944 brought a severely damaged B-24 back with...

Awarded Silver Star for Gallantry for actions on 20 June 1944

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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

Alvin E Berg

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33342849
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Gunner

Elmer Allen Jordan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-681107
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

James Martin Madara

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735889
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

William H Saunders

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-685394
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

George Welker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15069416
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

Aircraft

42-94929

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

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Action earning Silver Star

Ashford, Ashford, Kent, UK 20 June 1944 The Fisher a/c, B-24H-20-FO #42-94929 U8-S, was hit by a near direct flak hit. injuring eight of the 10 crew members, including Fisher. Fisher left the cockpit briefly to attend to his wounds but came back as Elmer Jordan, the co-pilot, had managed to bring the a/c back over Dover. Fisher took over and attempted a crash landing at RAF Ashford. He overshot the belly landing due to inoperable throttles on two engines, put it down in a field, tearing off part of the right wing. Three of his crew died of their wounds, the rest survived the flak injuries and crash landing.

Born

Ames, Iowa
Mt Vernon, IA 52314, USA 205 2nd Avenue North

Revisions

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Updated via Award Cert (AAM)
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/138803465

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466th BG Historian

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466th BG Historian

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Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom

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

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