Fenton, Richard Ernest
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Richard Ernest |
Surname | Fenton |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 07-02-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Ernest and Elsie Margaret Fenton, of Birchendiffe, Huddersfield. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | P1302 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Huddersfield (Edgerton) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. 14B. Grave 183. |
Epitaph | WITHOUT FAREWELL HE FELL ASLEEP AND ONLY MEMORIES ARE LEFT TO KEEP |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 34 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 646171 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 7 |
Squadron | 16 OTU |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Churchyard, Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to the memory of British and Commonwealth Pilots and Aircrew of No. 16 OTU Bomber Command RAF Upper Heyford |
Miscellaneous Information
The pilot, F/O Swain Moxham DFC, was saved by two officers who rushed at the scene: W/C W C Sheen DSO and the gunnery officer P/O J C Cunningham dragged him from his cockpit and beat out the flames that were engulfing his flying suit, but he died from his wounds the same day. |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/5041 (P357206/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 07-02-1941 |
End Date | 07-02-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Upper Heyford |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training |
Reason for Loss | Took off and immediately flew into another of the unit's aircraft (Hampden P1302), which was in the process of landing. Locked together, the two aircraft fell onto the airfield, where they began to burn. |