LEST WE FORGET

Leading Aircraftman Henry Heath FISHER

Service No: 411764
Born: Cessnock NSW, 10 March 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 25 May 1941
Unit: No. 1 Air Observers School, Cootamundra NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 1 Air Observers School Anson aircraft AW677), near Ungarie NSW, 11 February 1942, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Cootamundra General Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Henry Heath Fisher and Cecilia Ellen Fisher, of Abbotsford
Roll of Honour: Abbotsford NSW
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Five Dock War Memorial, Five Dock NSW

At around 1600 hours on 11 February 1942 Avro Anson AW677 crashed about 20 kms north west of Ungarie, New South Wales and all five crew members were killed. The cause of the accident is unknown. The crew members of AW667 were:

Aircraftman Class 1 Roy Eric Farnsworth (35439) (Wireless Operator)
Leading Aircraftman Henry Heath Fisher (411764) (Trainee Observer)
Leading Aircraftman Arthur Didrik Kendall (414356) (Trainee Observer)
Leading Aircraftman John Alfred Spencer (413272) (Trainee Observer)
Pilot Officer Robert Clark Wesley-Smith (407258) (Pilot)

References:

Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 59
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line

Bibliography:

Wilson, S. (Stewart) Anson, Hudson and Sunderland in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1992

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