Harry Elmo Bisher
Military
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5429 - First Lieutenant Harry Bisher, of the 55th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group with a P-38 Lightning. Handwritten on slide:"Harry Bisher"
Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Abandoned A/C, which crashed near St Leger on 4-Mar-44 in P-38J 42-67923 Evaded (EVD). Along with Lt Colonel Robert P Montgomery returned to UK via Spain. Returned to unit Jun-44. Completed Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: AM (2 OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 77th Fighter Squadron Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (20th Fighter Group) Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (VIII Fighter Command)
- Service Numbers: O-396297
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot/Group Commander
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
18 January 1922 | Son of Fred L and Bertha Bisher. | |
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Enlisted |
26 January 1942 | ||
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Based |
27 August 1943 | Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Other Shot down |
4 March 1944 | Abandoned A/C, which crashed near St Leger on 4-Mar-44 in P-38J 42-67923 (EVD). | |
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Other Evaded (EVD) |
4 March 1944 - 17 June 1944 | Evaded (EVD). Along with Colonel Robert P Montgomery returned to UK via Spain. Returned to unit Jun-44. | |
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Died |
23 March 2008 | ||
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Born |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
Completed Tour of Duty (ETD). |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2784 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
