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 | |
| 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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