Peter Winslow Branch

Military

Shot down 4 April 1943 in B-17 #42-5344. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

305th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

366th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Clifford Donald Fisher

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 15073372
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

Aircraft

42-5253

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Expendable Number 2
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Ground crews of 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses wait for their aircraft to return to Chelveston airbase after a raid on the 30 June 1943; a B-17 Flying Fortress is coming in to land. Passed for publication 30 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'At A Fortress Station In Britain. From an American base in Britain the Flying Fortresses carry out operational activities which result in terrible blows against the German industrial war machine. This series of pictures shows scenes at a Flying Fortresse

Events

Event	Date	Description
Born	27 December 1919
Enlisted	19 January 1942	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Other bailed out	4 April 1943	of B-17 Serial 42-5253, near Rouen, France
Other captured and made Prisoner	4 April 1943 - 29 April 1945	Interned in Stalag Luft 3 and liberated at Stalag VIIA Moosburg by US troops
Died	9 September 2004	Merritt Island, Florida

Revisions

Date26 Sep 2018 08:33:13

ContributorED-BB

Changes

Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 15564

Date27 Sep 2014 18:21:27

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15564 / MACR 15564, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p 99 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database