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FISCHER, Philip Samuel - Date of
birth
26 September 1919 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey -
Hometown
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-430797 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
324th Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
21 May 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea, north of Schiermonikoog, the Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Herman Fischer (father)
Leda (Rothman) Fischer (mother)
Saul Fischer (brother)
Marie J. Fischer (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
41-24515 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Jersey Bounce / Marie Jane
Destination: Wilhemshaven, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the U-boat yards
MACR: 3458
More information
Philip S. Fischer attended college and was a clerk.He joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army in Newark, New Jersey on 13 March 1941.
The airplane was shot down by enemy fighters. The entire crew of ten men was killed.
Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, NARA, MACR, WWII Draft Cards
Photo source: FOHF, www.ancestry.com - Judith Clovsky