On 4th August 1994 1st Lt John Fisher gave his life when the B17 he was flying crashed over Watling Wood in Sudbourne.  Having already saved the life of the Engineer, T/Sgt Elmer Most, by assisting him in bailing out, he then ensured the aircraft didn't crash on an inhabited area.  Whilst his body was never found, Watling Wood, where the plane came down, will eternally be his final resting place.

John Fisher was born in Peekskill, New York, on 10th September 1922.  He joined he American Air Force in 1942.  On 4th August 1944, he was flying his B-17 42-39835, Wannta Spa as part of Operation Aphrodite, a Top Secret mission to remote control B-17's, which were laden with explosives to destroy V1 rocket sites in France.  The target was a V1 Bunker in Siracourt, France.  Whilst attempting to hand over remote control to another aircraft, the B-17 went into a flat spin and crashed in Watling Wood in Sudbourne Park.  The Engineer, T/Sgt Elmer Most, managed to bail out, after being helped by Lt Fisher, but Lt Fisher was unable to bail out and was killed when the B-17 exploded, as it hit the tree canopy.  His name is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery.