229415 WO/Sgt. K. Fenton Royal Air Force 139 Sqdn. My father was born in Drax, Yorkshire. He was Warrant Officer (Sgt) K. Fenton, No. 1053472 and was shot down on 1st July 1941 in Blenheim IV V6258 XD of 139 (Jamaica) Squadron, from Horsham St. Faith. His aircraft was shot down by Bf109F of Fw. Fredrich Karl Bachmann (3/JG 52, Leeuwarden) and ditched 60Kms NW of Vlieland. Other crew were Sgt A.A. Fuller (observer) and R.W. McDonald (wireless operator and air gunner). All became POWs in Stalag Luft III, Sagan. Also a note of Stalag IXc. Prisoner No. 39204. Noted in Blenheim Strike by Theo Boiten as Stalag 357, Kopernikus and 'among one of very few crews to survive a Blenheim crash in 1941'. I have his log book and a number of photos and would love to talk or correspond with anyone who might have known him or whose father was there also. Names listed in his log book include:
- Harry Mahoney
- Lioniel Raymond Silver
- Balson
- W W Hall
- A A Fuller
- W H E Harwood
- R Evans
- Joe Walker
- Gordon Bottomley
- Walter Kershaw
- D A MacLeod
- J Jones
- N M Campbell
- R MacDonald
- R Duffield
- Norman J Smith
- Arthur Thomson
- Harold E Bennett
- Malcolm Gillies
- W H Hard
- E G Caban
- Al Hard
- E G R Daggett
- Irena Spring
- Ann Hemmingway
Not suggesting that the ladies were there but their names are.
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