LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Robert Wilson FISHER
Service No: 402651
Born: Orange NSW, 23 December 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 18 September 1940
Unit: No. 114 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station West Raynham
Died: Air Operations: (No. 114 Squadron Blenheim aircraft V6227), Norway, 27 December 1941, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Bergen (Mollendal) Church Cemetery, Norway
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Keith Hugh and Sylvia Dorothy Fisher, of Nyngan, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Nyngan NSW
Remembered: Panel 122, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 0925 hours on 27 December 1941 Blenheim V6227 took off from RAF Station Lossiemouth detailed to support Allied Commando landings at Vaagso. While attacking Herdla airfield V6227 collided with No. 114 Squadron Blenheim Z7500 and crashed in the target area. All the crew members were killed. Three RAF crew members were also killed in Z7500.
The crew members of V6227 were:
Flight Sergeant Robert Wilson Fisher (402651) (Pilot)
Sergeant William Frederick George Fletcher (957191) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant James Williamson (1001675) (RAFVR) (Observer)
The crew members of Z7500 were:
Sergeant Kenneth Aubrey Davis (1181613) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Sergeant John Edward Kitley (1257373) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant John James Burchall Ward (997361) (RAFVR) (Observer)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Chorley W R, Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War, Volume 2 Aircraft and Aircrew Losses 1941, Midland Counties Publications UK, 1993
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9301, 402651