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64. RAYMOND J.5 DISHER (FRANK S.4, JACOB PHILLP3, FRANZ2, JOHANN1 DYSZER) was born 31 Aug 1920 in Town of Plover, Portage County, WI., and died 12 Mar 2005 in At home in Indialantic, Brevard County, FL.. He married RUTH AMERINE RILEY Private. She was born Private. Notes for RAYMOND J. DISHER: Stevens Point Daily Journal Friday, March 29, 1957
Disher Promoted To Air Notes for RAYMOND J. DISHER: Stevens Point Daily Journal Thursday, September 19, 1940 Disher Enlists in Army Air Corps The Wausau army recruiting station announces that application of Raymond Disher, 318 Union street, for training with the army air corps as a flying cadet has been accepted and that he will leave shortly to take a physical examination at the Chicago School of Aeronautics, Curtiss-Reynolds airport, Glenview, Ill. ***** Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune Wednesday, September 22, 1943 Point Pilot Hero As Jap Freighter Sinks U. S. Tenth Air force Headquarters in India-(AP)-A large-caliber gun on the deck of a 150-foot Japanese freighter blazed away furiously, but that didn't stop Capt. Raymond Disher, of Stevens Point, Wis., pilot of the Liberator "Eager Beaver" from making the runs. Lieut. George Code, of Proctor, Minn., the bombardier, a veteran with more than 400 combat hours, released three bombs, but they missed and he ordered another run. The next three did the trick, one striking the gun and blowing it to smithereens. Another landed amid-ship and the third was a near miss below the water line. The ship stopped dead, a cloud of smoke rolling upward. Other Liberators joined Capt, Disher's plane in strafing the crippled ship. When they turned to go home they saw the vessel slide beneath the surface. ***** Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune Thursday, November 18, 1943 Stevens Point Pilot Is Decorated Again Washington (AP)-Two Wisconsin men were among the nearly 100 members of the United States Tenth air force, based in India, to be decorated recently, the war department announced today. Tech Sgt. Walter J. Carlson, Superior, radio operator and gunner, won the Distinguished Flying Cross, and Capt. Raymond J. Disher, Stevens Point, pilot, was awarded the bronze Oak Leaf Cluster to the air force medal, both for extraordinary achievement while participating in combat or operational missions over enemy held territory in China, Indo-China, and Burma. ***** Stevens Point Daily Journal Saturday, April 30, 1955 Lt. Col. Raymond Disher Heads Stratojet Production Committee A former Stevens Point resident, Lt. Col. Raymond J. Disher, has been appointed chairman of the B-47 "Stratojet" production committee. The committee, made up of representatives of the air force and the aircraft industry, co-ordinates the building of the giant bomber. Colonel Disher, now stationed at Wichita, Kansas, is a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Disher. He was born in Plover in 1921, graduated from St. Stanislaus Parochial school and the local high school, and attended Central State college for two years before entering the service. The story of Colonel Disher's appointment to the chairmanship of the B-47 production committee is told in newspapers printed at the Lockheed aircraft plant at Marietta, Ga., the Douglas aircraft plant at Tulsa, Okla., and the Boeing factory at Wichita, Kans. All manufacturers of the Stratojet. "Bomber of Today" In one of the publications, Colonel Disher is quoted as calling the B-47 the most important plane in today's air force. "The B-47 is the bomber of today" he said "and is the airplane we would fight a war with if one should come up in the near future." He termed the big six-engine plane "our backbone bomber for the next few years at least." Colonel Disher has been in the air force since about a year before Pearl Harbor. He was commissioned in 1941, after training at Randolph and Kelly fields, Tex., and in the early days of war flew B-17 and B-24 bombers in the China-Burma-India theater. After 15 months, he was reassigned to the United States, to train B-24 bomber crews. From 1944 to 1947, he served in command headquarters at Orlando air force base, Fla. After completing a course in industrial management at the University of Wisconsin, he was assigned to the industrial mobilization planning office of the munitions board in Washington D. C., where he served three and one half years. Attended Staff School He later attended the air command staff school at Montgomery, Ala., for six months, and then was assistant to the air material command deputy for production. For six months prior to his appointment as chairman of the B-47 production board, Colonel Disher was assistant to Lt. Col. John R. Mayberry, who preceded him as chairman. Colonel Disher's wife, the former Ruth Riley of Florida, and his son and two daughters are with him in Wichita. He has a brother and a sister in Stevens Point, Ed Disher, 318 Union street, and Mrs. Victor Vrobel, 809 Franklin street. Force Colonel Raymond J. Disher, a former Stevens Pointer who is serving with the U.S. Air Force, was recently promoted to a full colonel from lieutenant colonel. The 36-year-old high ranking Air Force officer is stationed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, headquarters of the air material command, where he is in charge of the purchase of all propulsion systems for the Air Force. Colonel Disher, his wife and three children, two daughters and a son, are living at Fairborn, Ohio. He is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Disher, and is a brother of two Stevens Pointers, Mrs. Victor Vrobel, 809 Franklin St., and Edmund Disher, 1604 4th Ave. A 1937 graduate of P. J. Jacobs High School, Colonel Disher entered the Air Force about a year before Pearl Harbor and was commissioned in 1941 after training at Randolph and Kelly Fields, Tex. In the early days of the war he flew B-17 and B-24 bombers in the China-Burma-India theater and after 15 months he was reassigned to the United States to train B-24 bomber crews. He served in command headquarters at Orlando Air Force Base, Fla., from 1944 to 1047, and after receiving a degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin in January 1949, he was assigned to the industrial mobilization planning office of the munitions board in Washington D.C., where he served three and a half years as a member of the staff of the secretary of defense. In 1952 the young man went to Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Ala., where he attended the Air Command and Staff School. In April 1953, he was assigned to Wichita, Kan., as chairman of the B-47 production committee, composed of representatives of the Air. Force, and of Boeing, Douglas and Lockheed companies, all of whom were in production of the B-47. The duties of the committee included the coordination of the production of all three companies to insure that the Air Force received the same plane from the three. Colonel Disher left Wichita in the fall of 1955 for the Ohio base. Prior to his present assignment he was in charge of the procurement and production of the J-57 turbojet engine which is used in the B-52, KC-135, F_100, F-101 and F-102.
Notes for RAYMOND J. DISHER: Stevens Point Journal Monday, March 14, 2005 Obituary Raymond J. Disher Raymond J. Disher, 84, of 330 Ormond Ave., Indialantic, Fla., died Saturday, March 12, 2005, in Indialantic. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Melbourne, Fla. Brownlie-Maxwell Funeral Home of Melbourne assisted the family with arrangements. He was born Aug. 31, 1920, in Plover to the late Frank and Catherine (Dudzik) Disher. Raymond was married to Ruth Riley in 1942. He retired from the U.S. Air Force as a colonel and late retired from Banks Reality in Indialantic. Survivors include his wife, Ruth; sons, Craig Disher and Scott Disher; daughters, Jean Lambert and Catherine Turner; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. INDIALANTIC Monday, March 14, 2005 Obituary RAYMOND DISHER Col. Raymond J. Disher of Indialantic, Florida, passed away at his home on Saturday, March 12, 2005, after a long illness. Born in Plover, Wisconsin in 1920, he joined the Army Air Corps in 1940, becoming a pilot and later commanding a B-17 in the China-Burna-India Theater in World War II. Before leaving for the war, he married his beloved wife of 62 years, Ruth Amerine Riley of Orlando. After a distinguished 30-year career, the settled in Indialantic in 1967. Throughout his life Col. Disher not only served his country but also his church and his community. During the past 37 years, he was an active member of Holy Trinity Episcopal church and a dedicated citizen serving in voluntary positions in Indialantic. He is survived by his loving wife, Ruth; daughters Jean Lambert and Cathy Turner and her husband Bob of Indialantic; sons, Craig Disher and his wife Susan of Washington D.C. and Scott Disher and his wife Pam of Boca Raton, FL; grandchildren, Kristen, Sarah, Blake, Julia, and Paige; and great-grandchildren Catie, Emilia and Samantha. The family thanks Hospice of Health First for its help and guidance during the last months of Col. Dishers life, but especially Josephine Redhead, Mavis Burton, Louise Elliot, and Angela James for their loving care and support. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, March 16, at 11:00 AM at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. In Lieu of Flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Holy Trinity Church Memorial Fund. Brownlie-Maxwell funeral Home in Melbourne is serving the family (321) 723-2345. www.brownliemaxwell.com More About RAYMOND J. DISHER: Burial: 16 Mar 2005, Brevard County, FL. Military service: Bet. 1940 - 1970, Retired Colonel U.S. Air Force
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Children of RAYMOND DISHER and RUTH RILEY are: i. CRAIG6 DISHER, b. Private; m. SUSAN UNKNOWN, Private; b. Private. More About CRAIG DISHER and SUSAN UNKNOWN: Private-Begin: Private ii. SCOTT DISHER, b. Private; m. PAMELA UNKNOWN, Private; b. Private. More About SCOTT DISHER and PAMELA UNKNOWN: Private-Begin: Private iii. JEAN DISHER, b. Private; m. UNKNOWN LAMBERT, Private; b. Private. More About UNKNOWN LAMBERT and JEAN DISHER: Private-Begin: Private iv. CATHERINE DISHER, b. Private; m. ROBERT TURNER, Private; b. Private. More About ROBERT TURNER and CATHERINE DISHER: Private-Begin: Private
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