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 |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 872⇓ (8.137 MB) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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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 |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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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⇗ |