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Personal info

Full name
FISHER, John Brockway
Date of birth
3 October 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Manor Twp, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O2063017
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
377th Fighter Squadron,
362nd Fighter Group
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
19 May 1945
Place of death
Illesheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 14 21

Immediate family

Members
John M. Fisher (father)
Hazel B. Fisher (mother)
Mary Ann Fisher (sister)
Seth G. Fisher (brother)
Caroline E. Fisher (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-75396
Data
Type: P-47D
Destination: Illesheim, Germany
Mission: Not available
MACR: Not available

More information

2/Lt John B. Fisher joined the Regular Army in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on 28 November 1942.

He was killed in a landing accident in Illesheim, Germany, a week after the end of the war.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII, http://www.aviationarchaeology.com
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