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Leading Aircraftman Maurice Godfrey Folkard

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Leading Aircraftman Maurice Godfrey Folkard

Birth
Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England
Death
13 Mar 1941 (aged 23–24)
Bond Head, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada
Burial
Barrie, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada Add to Map
Plot
Lot 250. Block G. Allied
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BIRTH-1917 Dec Quarter birth "registration"-

Name: Folkard, Maurice G---Mother's Maiden Name: Dalby

District: Rotherham [Vol & Page: 9c & 1189]


Seven RAF airmen, in Canada for flight training under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), lost their lives when two of 31 ANS's Avro Anson training aircraft, #N9592 and #N9652, collided and crashed at Bond Head near Camp Borden.

The airmen who perished in the crash of Avro Anson (#N9595) were-

RAF Flight Sergeant Henry DODSWORTH,

RAF Aircraftman 1st Class Colin Trevor DOUGLAS,

RAFVR Leading Aircraftman Stanley PORTER and

RAFVR Leading Aircraftman Eric Alfred RUNDELL.

And the airmen who perished in the crash of Avro Anson (#9652) were-

RAF Sergeant John Clydesdale BELL,

RAFVR Leading Aircraftman Maurice Godfrey FOLKARD and

RAFVR Leading Aircraftman Ivor Wilfred JACKSON.


Military Service-

Service Number: 999012

Rank: Leading Aircraftman

Age: 23

Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Division: No. 31 Air Navigation School (ANS); RCAF Port Albert, Ontario


Son of Frederick and Gertrude Annie Folkard of Roundhay, Leeds, Yorkshire, England.


He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

BIRTH-1917 Dec Quarter birth "registration"-

Name: Folkard, Maurice G---Mother's Maiden Name: Dalby

District: Rotherham [Vol & Page: 9c & 1189]


Seven RAF airmen, in Canada for flight training under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), lost their lives when two of 31 ANS's Avro Anson training aircraft, #N9592 and #N9652, collided and crashed at Bond Head near Camp Borden.

The airmen who perished in the crash of Avro Anson (#N9595) were-

RAF Flight Sergeant Henry DODSWORTH,

RAF Aircraftman 1st Class Colin Trevor DOUGLAS,

RAFVR Leading Aircraftman Stanley PORTER and

RAFVR Leading Aircraftman Eric Alfred RUNDELL.

And the airmen who perished in the crash of Avro Anson (#9652) were-

RAF Sergeant John Clydesdale BELL,

RAFVR Leading Aircraftman Maurice Godfrey FOLKARD and

RAFVR Leading Aircraftman Ivor Wilfred JACKSON.


Military Service-

Service Number: 999012

Rank: Leading Aircraftman

Age: 23

Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Division: No. 31 Air Navigation School (ANS); RCAF Port Albert, Ontario


Son of Frederick and Gertrude Annie Folkard of Roundhay, Leeds, Yorkshire, England.


He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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