Pilot officer Alfred Ernest Fisher 57sqn

AW · Air Commodore

Pilot officer Alfred Ernest Fisher 57sqn

MikeH · Air Vice Marshall

Hi,

P/O A E Fisher was the pilot of Lancaster ED761 (DX-Z) of 57 Squadron, shot down on operations to Berlin 29/3/43.

The link below has more details:-

http://www.lostaircraft.com/database.php?lang=en&mode=viewentry&e=2802#

That night the luftwaffe pilot Lt. Werner Rapp who shot down Lancaster ED761, was flying Bf110 G9 +CR. The crew scored another victory that night, Lancaster DS625 of 115 Squadron (source' Nachtjagd War Diaries Vol 1, Theo Boiten').

MikeH.

-- Edited by MikeH on Saturday 10th of August 2013 02:48:43 AM

Shipo · Aircraftsman 1st Class

Hi

I am trying to help a friends mother out by finding all the information i can on her fathers brother.

His name is Alfred Ernest Fisher, born 19/12/17 . Served as a pilot in 57 sqdn at Raf Scampton. Serial number 143669. Death 30/03/43. I am presuming this was on a bombing mission over Berlin? . We know his burial place and grave number but what we really want to know is, was he on a bombing mission to Berlin..? Was he a pilot?...and if possible to find out the serial number of the Lancaster that he died in. I need This number to find out who his crew members were on that fatefull mission.

I know i am asking a lot but there are some dedicated individuals out there that know an awfull lot and can save me heaps of time.

Thanks for reading

Shipo

Shipo · Aircraftsman 1st Class

Thank you both so much. You have both made a family very happy.

Date: Dec 4, 2013

Hi,

I have discovered your post recently whilst searching for further information about my maternal Uncle, Harry Richardson. He was the navigator on the same Lancaster piloted by Alfred Fisher which came down on the night of 29th/30th March 1943 in Holland.

My mother (his sister) has a photograph sent by the resistance (locals of Vinkeveen) from Holland which shows the makeshift grave they so respectfully made for the crew when they buried them in the countryside close to Vinkeveen, before they were reinterred at Bergen Op Zoom after the war.

On a visit with my mother to Vinkeveen in 2006, we met a local man who's father had been involved in the protection of the airmen's bodies, a member of the resistance, and was killed during the war by the Germans. The local man and his wife run a small museum in Vinkeveen which happened to have an engine of a Lancaster in the courtyard, apparently from a second Lancaster which came down in the same area during the war. At the time he was also running a Motel called Jachthaven en Motel Borger which we believe still exists and can be found online.

Please reply if you would like further information or a copy of the photograph.

Kind regards,

Melanie

Date: Dec 4, 2013

Hi,

I have discovered your post recently whilst searching for further information about my maternal Uncle, Harry Richardson. He was the navigator on the same Lancaster piloted by Alfred Fisher which came down on the night of 29th/30th March 1943 in Holland.

My mother (his sister) has a photograph sent by the resistance (locals of Vinkeveen) from Holland which shows the makeshift grave they so respectfully made for the crew when they buried them in the countryside close to Vinkeveen, before they were reinterred at Bergen Op Zoom after the war.

On a visit with my mother to Vinkeveen in 2006, we met a local man who's father had been involved in the protection of the airmen's bodies, a member of the resistance, and was killed during the war by the Germans. The local man and his wife run a small museum in Vinkeveen which happened to have an engine of a Lancaster in the courtyard, apparently from a second Lancaster which came down in the same area during the war. At the time he was also running a Motel called Jachthaven en Motel Borger which we believe still exists and can be found online.

Please reply if you would like further information or a copy of the photograph.

Kind regards,

Melanie

AW · Air Commodore

Hi Melanie,

If you would like copies of the pages from the 57sqdn Records Book, for the operations listed in my previous reply, could you let me have your email address, by clicking on the "AW" in top left corner, and writing on my whiteboard, and i will get back to you.

Regards......Alan.

maithly · Aircraftsman 1st Class

I have infomation about the mission and where they are buried but would like to contact any other member of a crew family or get any information at all possible

Aircraftsman 1st Class

Hi, My name is Chris and I'm from the village Waverveen, The Netherlands.

Would like to get in contact with family of the ED761 crewmembers.

Crashlocation is known and have pictures of the grave at Waverveen and graves at Bergen op Zoom Canadian War Cemetry.

Have contact with an eyewitness and someone who helped to move the remains to the church in Waverveen.

Will be going begin march to Bergen op Zoom to visit the cemetry.

Bob V · Corporal

Hello Everyone!

I just joined and eagerly read all of the posts on this topic regarding 57 Sqdn Lancaster ED761 DZ-X lost Mar 29-30 1943. My father helped retrieve the remains of the crew and bring them to the church in Waverveen since the crash occurred behind his home farm (i.e. neighbour's property). He is still alive and vividly remembers this event. I have a little information and detail beyond what is posted that would interest some of you. Thus, I would like to correspond with you to share this and my Dad's post-crash eyewitness account.

Thanks! Bob

zoesdad · Aircraftsman 1st Class

Hi I've just found this site after being contacted by Chris from Waverveen.
Jack Westerdale, radio operator/gunner on ED761 DZ-X was my uncle.
I've found all the posts very interesting. My father told me that the plane had iced up and crashed, so it was a surprise to find that it had been shot down.
I visited the cemetary in Bergen-op-Zoom last July.
Regards Mal

Bob V · Corporal

Hi Mal!

Great to hear from you! Would you like to learn more? Do you have a photo you might share of your uncle? My Dad is 91...still vividly remembers helping to clean up the crash site and taking the remains to the Waverveen church (he drove the horses with a cart and an escort of German soldiers).

Bob

Date: May 30, 2016

Pilot Alfred Ernest Fisher was my uncle. He did not have any brothers only sisters.

Aircraftsman 1st Class

Hi, Anonymous, I have a picture of Alfred Ernest Fisher and some letters of his family with the former resistance at Waverveen/Vinkeveen.

would like to learn more of the person Alfred Ernest Fisher and his family

Bob V · Corporal

Hi Anonymous!

My father helped remove the aircraft parts and crew remains after the crash of ED761 DZ-X since it happened next door to the farm where he grew up (see my post above). He was 19 at the time of the crash and remembers it very well. I would really like to get in touch with you and your family to share my Dad's experiences with all of you.

Sincerely,

Bob

Woodstock, Ontario

CANADA

MikeH · Air Vice Marshall

Hi,

P/O A E Fisher was the pilot of Lancaster ED761 (DX-Z) of 57 Squadron, shot down on operations to Berlin 29/3/43.

That night the luftwaffe pilot Lt. Werner Rapp who shot down Lancaster ED761, was flying Bf110 G9 +CR. The crew scored another victory that night, Lancaster DS625 of 115 Squadron (source' Nachtjagd War Diaries Vol 1, Theo Boiten').

There is a photo of Sgt Bandeen at the website below:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=12723999&PIpi=53933842

Sgt Bandeen.jpg

MikeH.

-- Edited by MikeH on Saturday 10th of August 2013 02:48:43 AM

-- Edited by MikeH on Wednesday 1st of June 2016 12:24:23 AM

-- Edited by MikeH on Wednesday 1st of June 2016 12:25:04 AM

Date: Jun 2, 2016

Hi,

I will email you directly on the email address that you have given previously!

LizMH · Aircraftsman 1st Class

I am "Anonymous". I have replied to Bob and Chris directly using the email they have previously given in posts. Sure they will let me know if they are not the correct ones!

Here is a photo of Pilot Officer Alfred Ernest Fisher.