FENTON, P/O Harvey Wesley (J16787) - Distinguished Flying Cross - No.405 Squadron - 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. RCAF photo PL-26665 (ex UK-8444 dated 3 March 1944) taken after investiture at Buckingham Palace - F/O R.J. Williams, DFM (Birkenhead, England), F/O L.M. Holtby, DFC (Hawksbury, Ontario), F/O G.S. McMenery, DFC (Hamilton), F/O H.W. Fenton, DFC (Ottawa) and P/O R.H. Welch, DFM (Belleville). RCAF photo PL-26667 (ex UK-8446 dated 3 March 1944) taken after investiture with Lieutenant S.W. Wood (Ottawa) and Miss Louis Macdonald (Canadian Red Cross Services). RCAF photo PL-26669 (ex UK-8450 dated 3 March 1944) taken after investiture at Buckingham Palace -P/O R.H. Welch, DFM (Belleville), F/O G.S. McMenery, DFC (Hamilton), F/O L.M. Holtby, DFC (Hawksbury, Ontario), F/O H.W. Fenton, DFC (Ottawa). 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. Note: As of 21 September 1943, G/C J.E. Fauquier was suggesting home leave for four members of a crew before they began an instructional tour. These were J17117 P/O G.S, McMeneny (46 sorties), J16787 P/O H.W. Fenton (45 ½ sorties), J17565 P/O L.W. Holtby (46 sorties) and R115098 Flight Sergeant H.R. Welch (44 sorties). Request turned down - “Path Finder personnel will be required to complete a tour of non-operational duties before becoming eligible for special leave.”