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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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184 Squadron
27.12.1944 184 Squadron Typhoon Ib JR493 Lt. Atholl N. Fisher

Operation: Armed Recce, Schlieden area, Germany

Date: 27th December 1944 (Wednesday)

Unit No: 184 Squadron, 121 Wing, 2nd Tactical Air Force

Type: Typhoon Ib

Serial: JR493

Code: BR:B

Base: ALG B-80 Volkel, Netherlands

Location: SW of Dahlem and Ripsdorf, Germany

Pilot: Lt. Atholl Nicholson Fisher 328686V SAAF Age? PoW

REASON FOR LOSS

On the 27th December 1944 three sections of two aircraft led by Lt. Collett took off at 11:45 hrs from B-80 Volkel in the Netherlands detailed to undertake an Armed Recce in the Schlieden area in Germany.

During the first strafing attack SW of Dahlem and Ripsdorf Lt. Fisher’s Typhoon was seen by his No. 2 to be hit by flak, catch fire and its tail unit fall off. He saw him bale out of the aircraft and land safely.

Dahlem is some 16½ km (10¼ mls) SSE of Schlieden and 8 km (5 mls) due west of Ripsdorf.

Note: Publications record that Lt. Fisher was involved in a mid-air collision with fellow 184 Sqn SAAF pilot Lt. Anthony Ewart Collett 328482V flying Typhoon Ib MN294. Both pilots baled out west of Ahrndorf, Lt. Collett was killed and Lt. Fisher became a PoW.

Ahrndorf does not exist. Some thoughts are that this was a misspelling of Hahndorf but this place is some 300 km (196 mls) NE of the area of Schlieden.

The exact location of the crash site is not known and neither is the PoW camp in which Lt. Fisher was held.

Burial details:

None he survived the war

Researched by Ralph Snape and dedicated to this pilot and his family.

Other sources as quoted below:

RS 21.05.2023 - Initial upload

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Acknowledgements
Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include: Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives, Michel Beckers, Major Fred Paradie (RCAF) and Captain François Dutil (RCAF) - Paradie Archive (on this site), Jean Schadskaje, Major Jack O'Connor USAF (Retd.), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Andrew Mielnik: Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Polish graves: https://niebieskaeskadra.pl/, PoW Museum Żagań, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Stan D. Bishop, John A. Hey MBE, Gerrie Franken and Maco Cillessen - Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Vols 1-6, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiton - Nachtjagd Combat Archives, Vols 1-13. Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of CWGC, UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, New Zealand National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.
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