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Flight Lieutenant Ernest George Ford

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Military service

Service number: 81636
Age: 28
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Birth: March 21, 1914 Wolseley, Saskatchewan
Enlistment: November 1, 1937
Death: December 10, 1942 Airdrie, Alberta

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Lot 82, Block 8, Section G
Additional information

Son of William and Amanda (nee Nieman) Ford of Hessle, Yorkshire, England. Brother of William.
Flight Lieutenant Ford had been with #3 Squadron, flying Hurricane aircraft, during the Battle of France and Dunkirk and had flown Hurricane aircraft with #232 Squadron in the Battle of Britain. Flight Lieutenant Ford is commemorated on the Battle of Britain Monument in London having participated in the Battle.

CALGARY (BURNSLAND) CEMETERY Alberta, Canada

Calgary, in the south-western part of Alberta, is on both the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway, No2, 304 kilometres south of Edmonton.

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