Fish, Robert Leigh

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Fish, Robert Leigh ‡ ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-729318 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #99 dated 19 September 1943, effective 19 September 1943.
Duty	Bombardier
MOS	1035 - Bombardier
Last Duty Date	9 October 1943
Results	Missing In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England: Tablets of the Missing
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 14 November 1920 Graduated from Bombardier School at Roswell AAF, Roswell, New Mexico, Class #43-02, 23 January 1943.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 872⇓ (8.137 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Jorgenson, Henry (NMI), Jr⇗	Pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Lucas, Hoyt Coltman⇗	Co-pilot	TR
2nd Lt. Sparrow, Harry Ira⇗	Navigator	TR
2nd Lt. Fish, Robert Leigh	Bombardier	MIA
S/SGT. Buller, Elwood Ellis⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Grant, George Vaughn, Jr⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	TR
S/SGT. Finkelstein, Raymond Louis⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	TR
SGT. Hall, Lawrence Marion⇗	Tail Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Jordan, Edward Allan⇗	Flexible Gunner	TR
SGT. Loughlin, Edmund Henry⇗	Flexible Gunner	TR

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 2 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
29⇗	8 October 1943	Target: Workshops Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany	Bombardier	41‑24575⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Attlebridge Airfield, AAF Station 120, due to low fuel. Landed at Grafton Underwood at 7:10PM, about 1.5 hours after the rest of the Group. Sortie Report⇗
30⇗	9 October 1943	Target: Aircraft Factories Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Anklam, Germany	Bombardier	42‑29814⇗	Combat Mission Credit Damaged by enemy aircraft; ditched at 1341 hrs 50 mi. west of Danish coast, North Sea; MACR 872. Sortie Report⇗

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