Fisher, John Cobean
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | John Cobean |
Surname | Fisher |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 28-02-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Joseph and Margaret Fisher. Husband of Hilda K. Fisher, of Toronto. Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle I |
Serial Number | P1368 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Brookwood Military Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 36. G. 2. |
Epitaph | A LOVING SON AND HUSBAND WHO GLADLY GAVE HIS LIFE FOR FREEDOM'S CAUSE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 164 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/15136 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 2 |
Squadron | 110 (Hyderabad) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Northern Perimeter of Airfield, Wattisham, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial with Inscribed Stone Tablets |
Memorial Text | This memorial is dedicated to RAF Wattisham, AAF Station 377 and AAF Station 470 from 1939 - 1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
P/O Fisher was ironically known as 'Lucky' after surviving five near-fatal accidents in thirty operations, one of which saw the aircraft ditch in the Irish Sea. It is said that he even started signing letters home that way. Tragically, his luck ran out in the end. |
His loss was written up extensively in the Toronto Star of 2 March 1942. |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/12455 (P366541/42) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/858/24 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/858/23 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-02-1942 |
End Date | 28-02-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Boscombe Down |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- 'Intensive Flying' |
Reason for Loss | Failure of the starboard engine led to the feathering of the propeller on that side. The aircraft was by then on the brink of a stall but a flat turn to the right was attempted. The starboard wing dropped and the aircraft spun-in from 500ft at Shalborne, Wilts, near Hungerford. |