Fisk, George Charles
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | George Charles |
Surname | Fisk |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 09-04-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Arthur Leonard Fisk and Alice Fisk (née Southwell), of St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Manchester I |
Serial Number | L7427 |
Markings | OL-Q |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Sage War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 11. B. 3-5. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 35 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/66159 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 83 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating 83 Sqn Lancaster, one of the Pathfinder Sqn's operating from RAF Wyton 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Michaels's Church, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Plaque & 83 Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | This Chapel was furnished by members and friends of 83 Pathfinder Sqn and is dedicated to the memory of those airmen who lost their lives on flying operations from RAF Coningsby in WWII |
Miscellaneous Information
George was born on 1 June 1918 at Merritton, Ontario. Both parents were born in England, his father in London and his mother, now deceased, in Portsmouth. His father worked as a Millwright. The schools he attended were: Consolidated 5 & 6, 1924-1931 (Entrance) and St. Catherine’s Collegiate, 1931-1935 (3 years Matric). His sport interests were, basketball, baseball, swimming and lacrosse. He had taken a St. John’s Ambulance Course. George worked as a machine operator for Yale & Towne Lock Company, from 1936 until enlistment on 21 August 1940. |
After training he arrived at 3 PRC on 7 June 1941 and he then went to 12 OTU 14 June 1941, 25 OTU 6 September 1941, and 83 Squadron 14 January 1942. Sadly George was to lose his life on 9 April 1942 |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/13364 (P367596/42) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/686/56 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/686/55 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 08-04-1942 |
End Date | 09-04-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Scampton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (41% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg |
Reason for Loss | Shot down near Cloppenburg, Germany |