Stan Fishel - 1943

1st Lt. Jacob S. "Stan" Fishel
C-47 Pilot 

Shot down September 17, 1944 on a mission to drop troops in Holland near Nimjegan.  Operation Market Garden

Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft I - North 2 Compound.  Barracks 7, Room 3

For more information about Stan's experience's in World War II, and his time spent as a POW, see World War II - Prisoners of War - Stalag Luft I


Note from the Webmaster :  Stan Fishel passed away May 1, 2005, at Cary, North Carolina.


 

Stan Fishel - 2002

MINI-BIOGRAPHY OF
JACOB STANLEY "STAN FISHEL

Stan Fishel was born 3 March 1920, White/Male, Winston-Salem, North Carolina to Bernard Francis and Beatrice Wall Fishel, an only child.  He was baptized while an infant by Dr. Edmund Schwarze, Calvary Moravian Church, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. 


EDUCATION

Attended - Winston-Salem Public Schools. 
Graduated - R J Reynolds High School  1938
Attended - Tennessee Military Institute School of Business Administration  1939-1940
Attended  - North Carolina State University, 1946-1950      B Arch Engr


FAMILY

Married to Shirley Allen May, 16 April 1943
One son:  William Stanley Fishel, born 10 November 1946
One daughter:  Susan Wall Fishel Owens, born 11 August 1949
One grandson:  James Stanley Owens, born 18 July 1979


CAREER

1940 -1942 Comptroller, Fishel Brothers, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1942 -1943 Aviation Cadet, Pilot Class 43-D, US Army Air Force
Pre-flight - Kelly Field, Texas
Primary - Coleman, Texas
Basic - Goodfellow Field, Texas 
Advanced - Lubbock, Texas
Graduated - 20 April 1943, commissioned Second Lieutenant.
Assigned - Troop Carrier Command
C-47 Pilot training, Bergstrom Field, Austin, Texas
Tactical training, Grantham Air Force Base, Grantham, Mississippi
Assigned - 49th TC Squadron, 313th TC Group, Erice, Sicily
Ferried new C-47 type aircraft from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Sicily via Greenland, Iceland, Scotland, England, Casablanca,
               Algiers and Tunis
Detached to MATS to provide freight and passenger service across North Africa, Sicily and southern Italy
1944 - 313th TC Group moved to Folkingham, England, in March
Operation "Market Garden" 17 September
Dropped troops near Nimjegan, Holland
Ditched disabled C-47 aircraft in Scheldt Estuary
Captured by German troops
Detained at Stalag Luft 1 near Barth, Germany
1945 - Freed by Russian troop o/a 01 May 
Returned to USA aboard SS Excelsior to Hampton Rhodes. Fort Patrick Henry
Discharged  Kelly Field, 31 December, rank - Captain
1946 -1950 Comptroller, Connell Building Corporation, Raleigh, North Carolina
1950 -1960 Employed as Architect by William H. Deitrick, FAIA, Raleigh, North Carolina
1960 -1963 Partner, Guy E Crampton and Associates, Raleigh, North Carolina
1967 - President, Raleigh Section, North Carolina Chapter, American Institute of Architects
1963 -1988 Partner, Fishel and Taylor, Architects, Raleigh, North Carolina -NAVFAC was a major client
1973 - President, Raleigh-Durham Chapter, Construction Specifications Institute
1989 -1990 Consultant to Horace D Taylor, Architect -- Retired 31 May 1990


CIVIC AFFAIRS

1956 - Present Raleigh Kiwanis Club,  President, 1966
1956 -1970 Raleigh Toastmasters Club,  President 1960/61
1960 -1975 Board of Directors, Wake County Boys' Club,  President, 1973-74
1966 - President, Raleigh Civic Council
1971 -1977 Board of Directors, Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation Center, President, 1976
1977 -1980 Member Board of Directors, MacGregor Downs Homeowners Assoc., President, 1977
1979 -1995 Member Architectural Committee, MacGregor Downs Homeowners Assoc 
1991 -1999 Deliver Meals on Wheels each Wednesday 


CHURCH AFFAIRS

1920 -1952 Member Calvary Moravian Church, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1952 - Present Charter member, Raleigh Moravian Church, Raleigh, North Carolina
Board of Elders Long Range Planning Committee
Sacristan Building Committee
Adult Sunday School Teacher
Sunday School Superintendent


HOBBIES

Music- Played clarinet and saxophone during youth and very limited ability at the piano.  Enjoy listening to sound
               reproduction system.
Fishing -  Enjoyed extensive salt water fishing until golf entered the picture.
Golf - Participated extensively until about 1995.
Bowling - Currently bowl three league series (three games) per week.
Travel - Visited Europe and Near East about ten times (since WWII).  Driven up and down and across the USA and
               Canada countless times.   Attended christening of Aircraft Carrier JFK 1969, Captain Earl P. Earl P. Yates,
               prospective commander
Exercise - Walk one mile, at about 4 miles per hour regularly. Ride stationary bike for 20 minutes on occasion.
               See bowling above.
Computer - Became a computer-geek after golf and retirement



 
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