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Personal info

Full name
FISHER, William Charles
Date of birth
30 March 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Independence, Jackson County, Missouri
Hometown
Canada

Military service

Service number
T-190910
Rank
Flight Officer
Function
Pilot
Unit
12th Replacement Depot
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1943
Place of death
Wirdum, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 7 50

More information

F/O William C. Fisher joined the Royal Canadian Air Force.

The airplane was shot down by Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the 12./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.

More information about the mission and the crew can be found here: http://aircrewremembered.com/fisher-william.html

Source of information: Jac Engels, Raf Dyckmans, Peter Hakze, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - ABMC Cemeteries, www.findagrave.com - CWGC/ABMC

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Rob Wethly