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Fisher, William Parker, Maj Gen USAF(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Atlanta, GA; Southern Pines, NC
Last Address Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas
Date of Passing Jul 24, 1991
Wall/Plot Coordinates Grand Bahama, Bahamas
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
Following his retirement from the Air Force General Fisher was hired as President of the Grand Bahama Development Company at Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas. He and his wife Dorothy built a beautiful home on a golf course there where they lived at 4 Hampstead Rd for almost 30 years. He left the Development Company after 5 years and became a successful entrepreneur and a member of the Bahamas National Golf Team. He enjoyed traveling internationally playing in many golf tournaments.
He died there in 1991 at 79 years of age and was cremated. His ashes were spread from a low flying aircraft along the fairway of the 17th hole at the Lucayan Golf and Country Club just behind his home.
He was survived by his wife, Dorothy and his two adult children, W. Douglas Fisher of Bethesda, MD, and Ann Fisher of Coral Gables, FL, and four grandchildren.
1940-1941, P-40 Warhawk/Kittyhawk
From Year 1940
To Year 1941
Personal Memories
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P-40 Warhawk/Kittyhawk Details
Aircraft/Missile Information
Model Curtiss P-40N / Kittyhawk IV Length 33.46 ft | 10.20 m Width 37.47 ft | 11.42 m Height 12.37 ft | 3.77 m Engine(s) 1 x Allison V-1710--81 inline piston engine generating 1,360hp. Empty Weight 6,005 lbs | 2,724 kg MTOW 8,858 lbs | 4,018 kg Max Speed 378 mph | 609 km/h | 329 kts Max Range 240 miles | 386 km Ceiling 38,156 ft | 11,630 m | 7.2 miles Climb Rate 2,142.86 ft/min (653 m/min) Hardpoints 1 Armament 6 x 12.7mm machine guns 1 x 500lb bomb under fuselage Accommodations 1
Major Variants
* Model 75I - Prototype Base Model derived from XP-37A airframe fitted with Allison 1,150hp V-1710-11 inline engine. * P-40 - United States Army Air Corps production version fitted with V-1710-33 powerplant. * Hawk 81-A1 - Export model for French use. * P-40B - Improved model featuring improved armor and armament with seal-sealing fuel tanks. * P-40C - Additional 2 x 12.7mm machine guns added to wings; improved seal-sealing fuel tanks. * P-40D - Fitted with V-1710-39 generating 1,150hp; increase performance at high altitude; improved supercharger. * P-40E - Only 4 x 12.7mm machine guns in wings. * P-40F - Improved supercharger. * P-40L - Similar to the P-40F with improved supercharger and 1,300hp Packard V-1650-1 (license-built 1,300hp Rolls-Royce Merlin) powerplant. * P-40K - Based on the P-40E model with V-1710-33 powerplant. * P-40M - Fitted with V-1710-71 powerplant. * P-40N - Fitted with V-1710-81 OR V1710-99 OR V1710-115 powerplants; improved performance capabilities; decreased overall weight.
