Battle of Britain Pilot
Shot down and killed in his Spitfire crashing
near Valley View Road,Borstal,near Rochester Kent
He joined 600 Squadron AAF on 3rd March 1936 and transferred to the RAFVR in December 1937 as an Airman u/t Pilot. Called up at the outbreak of war, Ward completed his initial training at 15 EFTS Redhill.
Ward married Mary Evans in Croydon in October 1939.
He was at 5 FTS Sealand for No. 47 Course from 29th April to 25th July 1940. He was awarded his flying badge on 20th May. He completed his training and arrived at 7 OTU Hawarden on 12th August.
After converting to Hurricanes he joined 19 Squadron at Fowlmere on 2nd September 1940. Ward went to 616 Squadron at Coltishall on 5th September and moved to 66 Squadron at Gravesend on the 29th.
Over North Kent on 8th October 1940 Ward was shot down and machine gunned in his parachute by Me109s. His Spitfire, N3043, crashed near Valley View Road, Borstal, near Rochester. His body was taken to the Royal Navy Hospital at Chatham.
Ward is buried in Mitcham Road Cemetery, Croydon
(Biography researched from online sources).
Shot down and killed in his Spitfire crashing
near Valley View Road,Borstal,near Rochester Kent
He joined 600 Squadron AAF on 3rd March 1936 and transferred to the RAFVR in December 1937 as an Airman u/t Pilot. Called up at the outbreak of war, Ward completed his initial training at 15 EFTS Redhill.
Ward married Mary Evans in Croydon in October 1939.
He was at 5 FTS Sealand for No. 47 Course from 29th April to 25th July 1940. He was awarded his flying badge on 20th May. He completed his training and arrived at 7 OTU Hawarden on 12th August.
After converting to Hurricanes he joined 19 Squadron at Fowlmere on 2nd September 1940. Ward went to 616 Squadron at Coltishall on 5th September and moved to 66 Squadron at Gravesend on the 29th.
Over North Kent on 8th October 1940 Ward was shot down and machine gunned in his parachute by Me109s. His Spitfire, N3043, crashed near Valley View Road, Borstal, near Rochester. His body was taken to the Royal Navy Hospital at Chatham.
Ward is buried in Mitcham Road Cemetery, Croydon
(Biography researched from online sources).
Battle of Britain Pilot
Shot down and killed in his Spitfire crashing
near Valley View Road,Borstal,near Rochester Kent
He joined 600 Squadron AAF on 3rd March 1936 and transferred to the RAFVR in December 1937 as an Airman u/t Pilot. Called up at the outbreak of war, Ward completed his initial training at 15 EFTS Redhill.
Ward married Mary Evans in Croydon in October 1939.
He was at 5 FTS Sealand for No. 47 Course from 29th April to 25th July 1940. He was awarded his flying badge on 20th May. He completed his training and arrived at 7 OTU Hawarden on 12th August.
After converting to Hurricanes he joined 19 Squadron at Fowlmere on 2nd September 1940. Ward went to 616 Squadron at Coltishall on 5th September and moved to 66 Squadron at Gravesend on the 29th.
Over North Kent on 8th October 1940 Ward was shot down and machine gunned in his parachute by Me109s. His Spitfire, N3043, crashed near Valley View Road, Borstal, near Rochester. His body was taken to the Royal Navy Hospital at Chatham.
Ward is buried in Mitcham Road Cemetery, Croydon
(Biography researched from online sources).
Shot down and killed in his Spitfire crashing
near Valley View Road,Borstal,near Rochester Kent
He joined 600 Squadron AAF on 3rd March 1936 and transferred to the RAFVR in December 1937 as an Airman u/t Pilot. Called up at the outbreak of war, Ward completed his initial training at 15 EFTS Redhill.
Ward married Mary Evans in Croydon in October 1939.
He was at 5 FTS Sealand for No. 47 Course from 29th April to 25th July 1940. He was awarded his flying badge on 20th May. He completed his training and arrived at 7 OTU Hawarden on 12th August.
After converting to Hurricanes he joined 19 Squadron at Fowlmere on 2nd September 1940. Ward went to 616 Squadron at Coltishall on 5th September and moved to 66 Squadron at Gravesend on the 29th.
Over North Kent on 8th October 1940 Ward was shot down and machine gunned in his parachute by Me109s. His Spitfire, N3043, crashed near Valley View Road, Borstal, near Rochester. His body was taken to the Royal Navy Hospital at Chatham.
Ward is buried in Mitcham Road Cemetery, Croydon
(Biography researched from online sources).
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