213 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND FOURNIER, Roger Joseph Roger was born in Brantford, Ontario on September 1, 1948. While living in Oromocto, New Brunswick (CFB Gagetown) he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force on October 4, 1965. He did his basic training at Saint Jean, Quebec as an Aircraftsman 2nd Class (AC2) and then was posted to RCAF Station Camp Borden as an AC1, where he worked on the hangar line as an Aircraft Tech Data Control clerk. At that time there were 27 Chipmunks and five Expeditors being used as trainers. His role was to maintain the flying logbooks for these aircraft. After unification of the Canadian Forces took place in 1968, this would be the last time Roger would serve in anAir environment. He went on to serve with the Army, 2 Field Ambulance in Calgary, 2 Canadian Forces Recruiting Centers, and finally, as Warrant Officer in charge of the Orderly Room, aboard HMCS Skeena, when he retired in 1988. This airman served with all three arms of the Canadian Forces, Land, Sea, and Air. After retirement, he was called up on Class “C” service and served another year, finally retiring on July 31, 1989 with 24 years of service. Roger is a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 632 Orleans for 5 years. FOX, Russell Charles “Russ” Russ was born in Morris Township, Ontario on September 8, 1913. He enlisted in Brussels, Ontario when he was 29 years old at the beginning of World War II. He was an enthusiastic athlete and was part of the 1938-1939 Champion Football Team. He did his training at Petawawa and at Camp Borden. He fought with the B Squadron, 5th Division New Brunswick Hussars in Italy and Northwest Europe and was discharged on January 24, 1946. He returned to the Brussels area and his career with the railroad. He suffered a serious fall from the train in 1952, when his hand slipped off the brake wheel and he hurtled backwards onto the track. He rolled away saving his legs. Russ was a conductor on the railroad, enjoying a 31-year career riding from Kincardine to Palmerston to Brussels and back. He married his wife Evelyn in 1972, moved to London, Ontario and had no family. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Brussels Branch 218. He finally retired in 1972 passing away on February 21, 2000. FOURNIER, Roger Moise Roger was born on August 23, 1923 in Ottawa, Ontario. While living in Timmins, Ontario and working in the mines, he decided to follow in his older brother’s footsteps and enlist in the Canadian Forces. His brother joined the Army and Roger joined the Royal Canadian Air Force on July 27, 1942 at the age of nineteen. He became a Sgt Air Gunner through the BCATP program and sailed overseas on the Queen Elizabeth, unescorted (no convoy), on May 4, 1943. After completing training in the United Kingdom, he became the Tail Gunner of his seven-man Halifax Bomber crew as they joined 429 Bison Squadron. On their first mission to Hanover on October 8, 1943, they were attacked by a German night fighter JU88 and Roger was able to fire and hit the night fighter, resulting in damage to the JU88 and causing him to break off his attack on the Halifax bomber. Sadly, on their second mission to Kassel on October 22, 1943, they were shot down over Belgium with no survivors.
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