Fisher, Richard Herbert
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Richard Herbert |
Surname | Fisher |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 31-03-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Richard Herbert and Frances Maud Fisher, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | NG345 |
Markings | AL-V |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Becklingen War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 13. A. 6. |
Epitaph | AS ON YOUR LAST FLIGHT YOU SOARED INTO ETERNITY. MOM, DAD AND DOROTHY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 164 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/40786 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 429 (Bison) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Fisher Peninsula, Manitoba; On the western bank of God's Lake |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Peninsula |
Memorial Text |
Location | Roman Rd, Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brass plaque set into a stone plinth into which is carved with the Canadian maple leaf and the Yorkshire rose. |
Memorial Text | This memorial is dedicated to those men and women who served at RAF Leeming during World War II, including those from the Royal Canadian Air Force Squadrons, whose members came from all parts of the Commonwealth from 1942 to 1945; 405 Vancouver, 408 Goose |
Location | Opposite old Main Guardroom, RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In commemoration of those men and women of many nations who served at RAF Leeming during the second world war. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1854/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1854/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 31-03-1945 |
End Date | 31-03-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Leeming |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Hamburg to attack the Blohm and Voss shipbuilding yards, where a new class of U-boats was being assembled. 469 aircraft, 11 lost due to a surprise appearance of the new Me 262 jet-propelled fighter. It was it's only appearance in fact. The target was completely cloud-covered so bombing was scattered throughout Hamburg with little damage to the intended target |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a jet-propelled fighter (Me 262) and partially abandoned. Crashed at Nenndorf, SW of Harburg |