Fred Fisher (footballer, born April 1910) explained

Fred Fisher
Fullname:Frederick William Fisher
Birth Date:11 April 1910
Birth Place:Barnsley, England
Death Place:near Taingy, German-occupied France
Height:5 ft 6 in[1]
Position:Forward
Years1:1932–1933
Clubs1:Monckton Athletic
Years2:1933–1938
Clubs2:Barnsley
Caps2:66
Goals2:16
Years3:1938
Clubs3:Chesterfield
Caps3:16
Goals3:1
Years4:1938–1944
Clubs4:Millwall
Caps4:12
Goals4:6
Nationalyears1:1941
Nationalteam1:England (wartime)
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0

Frederick William Fisher (11 April 1910 – 26 July 1944) was an English professional football forward who played in the Football League for Barnsley, Chesterfield and Millwall.[2] [3] He won a wartime international cap for England in a 4–1 victory over Wales on 16 April 1941.[4]

Military service and death

Fisher was married and served as an air gunner with the rank of sergeant in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War. On 25 July 1944, Fisher took off from RAF Kirmington in an Avro Lancaster piloted by Flying Officer Bernard Singleton to conduct a raid on Stuttgart, along with another 412 Lancasters and 138 Hailfaxes. Over Yonne, German-occupied France, Fisher's Lancaster was intercepted by a German Junkers Ju 88 night fighter, and it was shot down over Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye. The night fighter pilot is thought to have been Oberleutnant Herbert Schulte zur Surlage, who was forced to bail out of his Ju 88 after taking return fire from Fisher's Lancaster. All seven on board, including Fisher, were killed when the plane crashed near Taingy. He was buried in Taingy Communal Cemetery.[5] [6] [7] [8]

Career statistics

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SeasonLeagueFA CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chesterfield1937–38[9] Second Division13100131
1938–39[10] 3030
Total16100161
Millwall1938–39[11] Second Division12610136
Career total28710297

Notes and References

  1. News: Barnsley. Three centres to take 'Pongo' Waring's place . Sunday Dispatch Football Guide . London . 23 August 1936 . x . Newspapers.com.
  2. Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . Tony Brown . 2012 . 9781905891610 . Third edition, with revisions . Toton, Nottingham . 99 . 841581272.
  3. Web site: Fisher Fred Image 2 Millwall 1938 . Vintage Footballers . en-GB . 14 March 2019.
  4. Web site: England – War-Time/Victory Internationals – Details . . 14 March 2019.
  5. Web site: Archive Report: Lancaster III LM386. Aircrew Remembered . 13 February 2020.
  6. Web site: 166 Squadron Personnel . raf166squadron.com . 14 March 2019 . 20 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180820085144/http://raf166squadron.com/166%20Squadron%20Personnelsearchable.htm . dead .
  7. Web site: Lancaster LM386 . rafcommands.com . 22 February 2020.
  8. Web site: Fisher F . losses.internationalibcc.co.uk . 22 February 2020.
  9. Web site: Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource – Line-ups – 1937–38 . 14 March 2019 . 26 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181126005827/http://www.cfchistory.com/Stats%20%26%20records/line-ups/1931-1941/1937-8.xlsx . dead .
  10. Web site: Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource – Line-ups – 1938–39 . 14 March 2019 . 4 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190404171440/http://www.cfchistory.com/Stats%20%26%20records/line-ups/1931-1941/1938-9.xlsx . dead .
  11. Web site: Millwall Season 38/39 Stats . www.millwall-history.org.uk . 14 March 2019.