Fenlaw Hillard Sidney

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Hillard Sidney Fenlaw is honored on the following 2 monument(s) in our database:

Eagle Squadron Memorial

Hillard S. Fenlaw Cenotaph

Name:

Hillard Sidney Fenlaw

Rank:

Pilot Officer

Serial Number:

61924

Unit:

71st Eagle Squadron

Date of Death:

1942-09-07

State:

Texas

Cemetery:

Runnymede Memorial, Englefield Green, Runnymede Borough, Surrey, England

Plot:

Panel 32

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Comments:

Hillard Sidney Fenlaw was born on April 18, 1919, in Lewisville, Denton County, Texas. He was the son of James Alexander Fenlaw and Velda Elizabeth Hamilton Fenlaw.

He came to Dallas with his family and attended Woodrow Wilson High School. He attended Louisiana State University for two years before leaving to enter flight training

After courses at Love Field and Randolph Field, Hillard enlisted in the RAF and left for Ottawa. He served in the 71 (Eagle) Squadron of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve as a Pilot Officer during World War II. He was reported missing and was believed to have been killed after a sweeping mission over France on September 7, 1941.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, texashistory.unt.edu