Talk:Bernard F. Fisher

Crashed airplane

The article features a photo of Fisher's crashed airplane, but it provides no detail on where, when, or why he crashed. Rklawton (talk) 16:27, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

I haven't been able to find much detail on the damaged A-1E, 52-132649. The web page at the National Museum of the USAF states only that in 1967 it was severely damaged in combat in South Vietnam before being returned to the museum for preservation. The NMUSAF also links to the image placed in Fisher's article. I did find some additional color photos on Flickr, but no additional detail on crash itself. Skeet Shooter (talk) 17:07, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Was the crash a separate incident from the rescue of the downed pilot? Did the two crash land due to the damage his aircraft sustained during the rescue? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.82.8.245 (talk) 20:49, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

The crash was a separate incident from the rescue of the downed pilot. Correll's article states "Fisher and Myers flew to Pleiku. ... Fisher’s airplane had 19 holes in it." and later "The aircraft Fisher flew in the A Shau Valley later crashed and burned at Pleiku as it was returning from a mission." Skeet Shooter (talk) 12:51, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

To use the photo captioned "Fisher's crashed A-1E" without noting that the crash had nothing to do with the rescue is confusing. Readers will inevitably assume that it was somehow damaged during the rescue.173.62.39.116 (talk) 21:29, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

One seat, or two?

"Fisher quickly decided to land his two-seat A-1E ".

My understanding was that the A-1E was only a single-seater. Can anyone else confirm? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.53.219.21 (talk) 12:24, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Although the A-1 was originally designed as a single seat aircraft, the A-1E had two seats according to NMUSAF's Douglas A-1E Skyraider Fact Sheet.

The first U.S. Air Force Skyraiders, two-seat A-1Es, arrived at Bien Hoa Air Base in May 1964.

Skeet Shooter (talk) 03:13, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

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World War II service

Although Fisher served in the Navy at the end of World War II, no reliable sources found as of yet state that he actually served overseas during the war. Accordingly, Category:American military personnel of World War II was removed from the article. Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 13:28, 24 June 2018 (UTC)