| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frederick William Fisher[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 April 1910 | ||
| Place of birth | Barnsley, England | ||
| Date of death | 26 July 1944 (aged 34)[2] | ||
| Place of death | near Taingy, German-occupied France[3] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[4] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1932–1933 | Monckton Athletic | ||
| 1933–1938 | Barnsley | 66 | (16) |
| 1938 | Chesterfield | 16 | (1) |
| 1938–1944 | Millwall | 12 | (6) |
| International career | |||
| 1941 | England (wartime) | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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.[1][5] He won a wartime international cap for England in a 4–1 victory over Wales on 16 April 1941.[6]
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.[2] 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.[3][2][7][8][9]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chesterfield | 1937–38[10] | Second Division | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 1938–39[11] | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
| Millwall | 1938–39[12] | Second Division | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 |
| Career total | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 7 | ||
References
- 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 99. ISBN 9781905891610. OCLC 841581272.
- 1 2 3 "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- 1 2 "Archive Report: Lancaster III LM386". Aircrew Remembered. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ↑ "Barnsley. Three centres to take 'Pongo' Waring's place". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. x – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Fisher Fred Image 2 Millwall 1938". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ↑ "England – War-Time/Victory Internationals – Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ↑ "166 Squadron Personnel". raf166squadron.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ↑ "Lancaster LM386". rafcommands.com. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ↑ "Fisher F". losses.internationalibcc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ↑ "Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource – Line-ups – 1937–38". Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ↑ "Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource – Line-ups – 1938–39". Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ↑ "Millwall Season 38/39 Stats". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2019.