FENTON, Ronald Franklin
| Service Number: | 412938 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 15 August 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 20 Advanced Flying Unit (RAF) |
| Born: | Kelly's Plains, New South Wales, Australia, 1 August 1922 |
| Home Town: | Glen Innes, Glen Innes Severn, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Ground Battle, Bournemouth, England, Bournemouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, 23 May 1943, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bournemouth North Cemetery, England Bournemouth North Cemetery, Bournemouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Armidale High School WW2 In Memoriam Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glen Innes World War 2 Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 15 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 412938, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 15 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 412938 | |
| 23 May 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 412938, 20 Advanced Flying Unit (RAF), Empire Air Training Scheme |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Attack by Luftwaffe FW190 aircraft which damaged hotels in Bournemouth administered by RAAF Number 3 Personnel Despatch & Reception Centre as leave / recreation centres.
3PDRC operated in Bournemouth from July 1941 to January 1946 administering RAAF and some RCAF personnel. 21 airmen were killed in the raid: 3 members of the RAF; 13 RCAF and 7 RAAF
Crabbe, Colin Bernard (Flight Sergeant) 420453
Fenton, Ronald Franklin (Sergeant) 412938
Gray, Neil Morton (Sergeant) 420618
Kerrigan, Allan (Flight Sergeant) 420681
McMahon, John Francis (Flight Sergeant) 409848
Mills, George Arthur (Sergeant) 33250
Pope, Vivian Lewis (Sergeant) 416993
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