Abner M Fisch
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Taken from family archives and other family contacts
Object Number - UPL 40494 - SSGT Charles Goettling and crew
Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) from Berlin in B-17 42-102541 8-May-44; A/C rammed by Me109, exploding due to wing tank fire. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4574.
Awards: AM (4OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13108609 / O-818811
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12046804 / O-676879
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39907604
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18131450
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16013911
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 8 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Brooklyn, New York, USA | 10 July 1922 | Son of Soloman and Jessie Fisch. |
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Enlisted |
New York City, NY | 10 April 1942 | |
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Died |
12 miles Sth of Hildesheim | 8 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) from Berlin in B-17 42-102541 8-May-44; A/C rammed by Me109, exploding due to wing tank fire. KIA MACR 4574 |
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Buried |
Sehlem, Germany | 9 May 1944 | in the Sehlem Cemetery, near Hildesheim, Germany |
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Buried |
New Montifiore Cemetery, West Babylon, NY | 1 October 1950 | Re-Interred New Montifiore Cemetery, West Babylon, Suffolk County, NY Plot 13 Section 2 Grave 3 |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Snetterton Heath | 8 May 1944 | Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/image/319626137
https://www.fold3.com/record/83547917-abner-m-fisch
https://www.fold3.com/image/81030369?rec=81030523
https://www.fold3.com/image/310770731?rec=299527248
http://newmontefiorecemetery.org/interment/?id=5210394#
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151735707/abner-fisch
MACR 4574 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
