The Airmen's stories - S/Ldr H A Fenton

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Squadron Leader H.A.Fenton, born 09.02.1909 died aged 86.
(Article / Obituary from Daily Telegraph.)

Air Commodore (Squadron Leader during the Battle) Harold Fenton, who has died aged 86, was appointed to command 238 Squadron, a Hurricane unit, in June 1940. This when he had only 15 hours operational training to his credit – and that in Spitfires. From 1928 to 1933 “Jim” Fenton held a RAF short service commission but then left to become a civil flying instructor. Immediately before the Second World War he was chief flying instructor at Air Service Training on the Hamble in Hampshire.

During 1940 and 1941 238 Squadron RAF was flying from Chilbolton and Middle Wallop Airfields.
Fenton was awarded the DFC in 1942, the DSO in 1943, and appointed CBE in 1946. He was mentioned in dispatches three times.