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This database attempts to include all aircrew gravesites for losses from British, Commonwealth and foreign forces fighting under RAF operational command. Additionally it lists German gravesites for Luftwaffe crew members who lost lives over Britain. We have made exhaustive studies to find pictures of all the gravesites because it's one thing to read the name of a cemetery but it evokes quite another emotional response to see a picture of the location.
Each grave is a life given up too early and perhaps the first emotion that strikes one on seeing pictures of the gravesites is how many there are.
For family and friends each loss was mourned for a lifetime. For the rest of us, the least we can do is honour their loss by remembering.

Commonwealth War Graves in the USA

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: many people assemble information on WWll cemeteries and individual graves. We have frequently consulted these sites in preparing this database. Readers are encouraged to consult these sites directly as each brings a unique quality to its work. They include:TheBaldIcon (images from Botley, Oxford), http://www.inmemories.com/ • https://www.tracesofwar.com/ • http://www.webmatters.net/ • https://billiongraves.com/ • http://www.peterswar.net/ • https://www.findagrave.com/ • http://www.roll-of-honour.com/ • http:www.hawkesbury.net.au/ • http://www.fallenheroesphotos.org/

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1 FortinJean Gilbert FelixWarrant Officer Class IIR/117476



Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Plot I/2. Grave 86A. Epitaph: R.I.P.RCAF51Sqn (RAF)
251943-10-04United KingdomParadie Canadian Archive

Allied Losses & Incidents Database HR727

Memorial to HR727

Peak District Crashes HR727		Navigator. Son of Joseph A. Fortin and Georgiana Fortin, of Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada.

51 Squadron: Swift And Sure. Crashed on a bombing mission after being hit by a German fighter plane. Halifax HR727 took off 17:20hrs 1943-10-04 from Snaith. On return encountered very poor weather conditions and whilst trying to establish their position the Halifax crashed 01:30hrs crashed two miles south-west of Upper Ashop on Ashop Moor Derbyshire. The aircraft was off course and ran out of fuel. Crew:
Pilot : Sergeant Ernest Hatfield Fenning RAF 658569 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Eric George Lane RAFVR 1583419 [Fatal Injury]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Class II Jean Gilbert Felix Fortin RCAF R/117476 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Victor H Garland RAF [Injured]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Frank Squibbs RAFVR 1411892 [Killed] Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Boris Karl Short RAFVR 1398053 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant James B Mack RAF [Injured]

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