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NOTE ON DATES: IMPORTANT: For consistency, the Date is given as the date the mission TOOK OFF since the precise time of a loss is not always certain. Take Off date is unambigous and fixed in the official records, but obviously in those cases where the incident occurred before midnight UK time, then the Take Off Date will be the same as the Incident Date. Of course, most Bomber Command missions flew through midnight, therefore a Luftwaffe claim against a plane - or a locally generated crash report - may record the incident as occurring on the day following our Take Off Date. Bear this in mind when cross-referencing to our Luftwaffe Victories by Name/Date Database and other Luftwaffe sources. In some cases other sources may quote the date following our date, using locally generated reports as their source. To add to the potential for confusion, remember to take into account a Luftwaffe recorded date will be in local time, 1 hour ahead of UK time. When we discover a validated Incident Date we change our record if necessary.

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#	Name* SORT (↑)	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Commemorated	Born	Nationality	Role	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note SORT (↑)	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
1	Fenning	Ernest Hatfield	Sergeant	658569	CLACTON CEMETERY Plot X. Grave 145. Epitaph: TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF ERNEST, WHO LOST HIS LIFE RETURNING FROM OPERATIONS			Pilot	RAF	Bomber Command	51Sqn	1943-10-04	Halifax	II	HR727	MH-V	Snaith	1720	Frankfurt	Crashed Ashop Moor DERBYS	Killed		Extensive Notes on HR727 are to be found here: AircrewDeathsDatabase HR727 Paradie Canadian Archive HR727
2	Fortin	Jean Gilbert Felix	Flight Sergeant	R/117476	Oxford (Botley) Cemetery Epitaph: RIP		Canada	Navigator	RCAF	Bomber Command	51Sqn	1943-10-04	Halifax	II	HR727	MH-V	Snaith	1720	Frankfurt	Crashed Ashop Moor DERBYS	Killed	Paradie Archive Database	Extensive Notes on HR727 are to be found here: AircrewDeathsDatabase HR727 Paradie Canadian Archive HR727
3	Fortin	Jean Gilbert Felix	Warrant Officer Class II	R/117476	United Kingdom, Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Plot I/2. Grave 86A. Epitaph: R.I.P.	Age 25			RCAF		51Sqn (RAF)	1943-10-04									Killed		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]	Paradie Canadian Archive Allied Losses & Incidents Database HR727 Memorial to HR727 Peak District Crashes HR727
4	Garland	Victor H	Sergeant					BA	RAF	Bomber Command	51Sqn	1943-10-04	Halifax	II	HR727	MH-V	Snaith	1720	Frankfurt	Crashed Ashop Moor DERBYS	Injured		Extensive Notes on HR727 are to be found here: AircrewDeathsDatabase HR727 Paradie Canadian Archive HR727
5	Lane	Eric George	Sergeant	1583419	NOTTINGHAM GENERAL CEMETERY Grave 18324.			FE	RAFVR	Bomber Command	51Sqn	1943-10-04	Halifax	II	HR727	MH-V	Snaith	1720	Frankfurt	Crashed Ashop Moor DERBYS	Fatally injured, died next day		Extensive Notes on HR727 are to be found here: AircrewDeathsDatabase HR727 Paradie Canadian Archive HR727 Son of George Thomas Lane and Alice Agnes Lane, of Nottingham, husband of Ida May Lane, of Hyson Green, Nottingham.
6	Mack	James B	Sergeant					Rear Gunner	RAF	Bomber Command	51Sqn	1943-10-04	Halifax	II	HR727	MH-V	Snaith	1720	Frankfurt	Crashed Ashop Moor DERBYS	Injured		Extensive Notes on HR727 are to be found here: AircrewDeathsDatabase HR727 Paradie Canadian Archive HR727
7	Short	Boris Karl	Sergeant	1398053	BUXTON CEMETERY Grave 4258.			Mid upper gunner	RAFVR	Bomber Command	51Sqn	1943-10-04	Halifax	II	HR727	MH-V	Snaith	1720	Frankfurt	Crashed Ashop Moor DERBYS	Killed		Extensive Notes on HR727 are to be found here: AircrewDeathsDatabase HR727 Paradie Canadian Archive HR727 Son of Karl Charles and Mabel Florence Short, of St. Pancras, London.
8	Squibbs	Frank A	Sergeant	1411892	NEWPORT (ST. WOOLOS) CEMETERY CON. D. 81. Grave 256.			W/Op/Air/Gnr	RAFVR	Bomber Command	51Sqn	1943-10-04	Halifax	II	HR727	MH-V	Snaith	1720	Frankfurt	Crashed Ashop Moor DERBYS	Killed		Extensive Notes on HR727 are to be found here: AircrewDeathsDatabase HR727 Paradie Canadian Archive HR727

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