Abner M Fisch
Military ROLL OF HONOURTaken from family archives and other family contacts
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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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35374666
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32271971
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14138163
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17065699 / O-677607
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Brooklyn, New York, USA | 10 July 1922 | Son of Soloman and Jessie Fisch. |
Enlisted |
New York City, NY | 10 April 1942 | |
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 |
Buried |
Sehlem, Germany | 9 May 1944 | in the Sehlem Cemetery, near Hildesheim, Germany |
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 |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Snetterton Heath | 8 May 1944 | Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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MACR 4574 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database