Photo: Geordie at War Project
Photo: Geordie at War Project
Pilot Officer
W. Fisher
Navigator/Wireless Operator
Royal Air Force
20th January 1943 age 34
He gave his life
That others may live
There is also a family headstone for Fisher which reads:
In loving memory of
P.O. William Fisher R.A.F. V.R.
Beloved Husband of Irene
killed in action 20th January 1943
Aged 34 years
Irene Godwynne
wife of the above
died 9th August 1998
aged 86 years
Pilot Officer Fisher was serving with 85 Squadron. He was a crew member of a Mosquito II which was on Interception Patrol off Bradwell Bay. The aircraft crashed into the sea, killing both men.
Royal Air Force Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War: Vol.2: Operational Losses: Aircraft and Crews 1942-1943; Norman L.R. Franks; 1998; Midland Publishing; ISBN 1 85780 075 3
William Fisher is remembered at Gateshead on G39.65
