Fred Fisher (footballer, born April 1910)

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][4] He won a wartime international cap for England in a 4–1 victory over Wales on 16 April 1941.[5]

Fred Fisher
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(1944-07-26) (aged 34)[2]
Place of death near Taingy, German-occupied France[3]
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)
National team
1941 England (wartime) 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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][6][7][8]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chesterfield 1937–38[9] Second Division 13 1 0 0 13 1
1938–39[10] 3 0 — 3 0
Total 16 1 0 0 16 1
Millwall 1938–39[11] Second Division 12 6 1 0 13 6
Career total 28 7 1 0 29 7

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  3. "Archive Report: Lancaster III LM386". Aircrew Remembered. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  4. "Fisher Fred Image 2 Millwall 1938". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  5. "England – War-Time/Victory Internationals – Details". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  6. "166 Squadron Personnel". raf166squadron.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  7. "Lancaster LM386". rafcommands.com. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  8. "Fisher F". losses.internationalibcc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  9. "Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource – Line-ups – 1937–38". Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  10. "Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource – Line-ups – 1938–39". Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  11. "Millwall Season 38/39 Stats". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
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