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Name: |
FENTON, Harvey Wesley, DFC |
Nationality: |
Canadian |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Rank: |
Flight Lieutenant |
Service No.: |
J/16787 |
Unit Text: |
No.405 Squadron |
Date of Birth: |
13 December 1919 - Ottawa, Renfrew, ON |
Date of Death: |
17 September 2008 - Ottawa, Renfrew, ON |
FENTON, P/O Harvey Wesley (J16787) - Distinguished Flying Cross - Award effective 1 September 1943 as per London Gazette dated 14 September 1943 and AFRO 2322/43 dated 12 November 1943. Born Ottawa 13 December 1919. Home there. Attended Glebe Collegiate in Ottawa and American Institute of Bakery in Chicago. Enlisted in Ottawa, 24 February 1941. To No.1 Manning Depot, 27 May 1941. To No.5 ITS, 8 August 1941; graduated and promoted LAC, 27 September 1941; to No.22 EFTS that date. To Trenton, 22 October 1941. To No.10 AOS, 22 November 1941; to No.6 BGS, 27 February 1942; promoted Sergeant, 11 April 1942 and posted that date to No.2 ANS. To “Y” Depot, 12 May 1942. To RAF overseas, 31 May 1942. Commissioned 4 January 1943. Promoted Flying Officer, 4 July 1943. Promoted Flight Lieutenant, 1 June 1944. Repatriated 17 September 1944. To AFHQ, 19 October 1944. Retired 24 May 1945. Postwar worked and managed Fenton Bakery in Ottawa and later founded Eades and Fenton Real Estate. Died in Ottawa, 17 September 2008.
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This officer, as navigator, has taken part in attacks on some of the enemy's most heavily defended targets such as Duisburg, Essen and Cologne, and by his exceptional skill and devotion to duty has contributed much to their success. His courage and cheerfulness have made him a most valuable member of aircrew. |
SOURCE: Air Force Association of Canada website & Hugh Halliday (August 9, 2010).
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