In memory of

Flight Lieutenant

Gordon William Neil Fanson

who died on 18 Aug 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 428 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Flight Lieutenant
  Service number J21265
  Date of death 19430818
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  J21265 Flight Lieutenant (No. 428 Ghost Squadron RCAF Halifax pilot) Gordon William Neil Fanson (b.1916) of Regina was KIA 19430818 over the Peenemunde rocket pens and is buried at Berlin 1939-45 war cemetery, Charlottenburg, Germany. He was the son of George Snell and Elsie Mary Ellen (Thurgeson) Fanson of Winnipeg, where Gordon was born and educated. He was managing the Smile Hat Shop at Regina when he enlisted there in 1941.

DH Orr died on the same flight.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 159 - Sherwood
  Cemetery or memorial location Berlin 1939-45 war cemetery, Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany    

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  Honour roll location(s) Regina
  Geo-memorial Fanson Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 59.25°N / 103.7167°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 64M5
  Geo-memorial details West of Phelps Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19160302
  Place of birth Winnipeg, Manitoba    
  Date of enlistment 19410805
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Regina    
  Occupation hatter
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