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Leading Aircraftman Frederick William Ball

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Leading Aircraftman Frederick William Ball

Birth
London, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada
Death
28 Nov 1943 (aged 20)
London, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada
Burial
London, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada Add to Map
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Lot 143. Sec. U.
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Leading Aircraftman Ball lost his life in the crash of 1 SFTS's North American Harvard (#3138) aircraft. The Harvard went down one quarter mile south of London, Ontario.

Military Service:-

Rank: Leading Aircraftman

Trade: Pilot (Under Training)

Service Number: R/187962

Age: 20

Force: Air Force

Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force

Division: #1 Service Flying Training School (SFTS); RCAF Camp Borden, Ontario


A clerk by trade, residing in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 30 Oct 1942 in Windsor.


Son of Agnes Eva (née Wilkey) Ball of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and son of the late Frederick Thompson Ball .


Leading Aircraftman Frederick William Ball is commemorated on Page 133 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.

He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Leading Aircraftman Ball lost his life in the crash of 1 SFTS's North American Harvard (#3138) aircraft. The Harvard went down one quarter mile south of London, Ontario.

Military Service:-

Rank: Leading Aircraftman

Trade: Pilot (Under Training)

Service Number: R/187962

Age: 20

Force: Air Force

Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force

Division: #1 Service Flying Training School (SFTS); RCAF Camp Borden, Ontario


A clerk by trade, residing in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 30 Oct 1942 in Windsor.


Son of Agnes Eva (née Wilkey) Ball of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and son of the late Frederick Thompson Ball .


Leading Aircraftman Frederick William Ball is commemorated on Page 133 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.

He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Inscription

R 187962 LAC
FREDERICK W. BALL
R. C. A. F.
28 NOVEMBER 1943

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  • Created by: SJB Hearn
  • Added: Jan 6, 2015
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140980741/frederick_william-ball: accessed ), memorial page for Leading Aircraftman Frederick William Ball (14 Oct 1923–28 Nov 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 140980741, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery and Crematorium, London, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by SJB Hearn (contributor 46864594).