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| Name: |
Forster Herbert Martin Maynard |
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| Country: |
New Zealand |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
1N (RNAS) |
| Victories: |
6 |
| Born: |
01 May 1893 |
| Place of Birth: |
Waiuku |
| Died: |
26 January 1976 |
| Place of Death: |
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Forster Herbert Martin Maynard joined the Royal Navy in 1914. The following year, he transferred to the Royal Naval Air Service and was a flight instructor before being assigned to 1 Naval Squadron at the beginning of 1917. After scoring six victories with the Sopwith Triplane, his days as a fighting pilot ended when he was injured in an air crash while in England. He remained in the Royal Air Force and was granted a permanent
commission to Flight Lieutenant on 1 August 1919. Maynard served throughout World War II and retired as an Air Vice-Marshal. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
29 Apr 1917 |
1900 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5427) |
Albatros D.III (OOC) |
Fresnoy |
| 2 |
14 Jun 1917 |
2056 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5479) |
Albatros D.III (DESF) |
NE of Ypres |
| 3 |
13 Jul 1917 |
1025 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5479) |
C (DES) 1 |
E of Warneton |
| 4 |
17 Jul 1917 |
1805 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5479) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) 2 |
E of Messines |
| 5 |
09 Aug 1917 |
0740 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N6301) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Moorslede |
| 6 |
10 Aug 1917 |
0740 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N534) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Comines |
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| 1 |
Shared with FSL Anthony Spence, FSL Herbert Rowley |
| 2 |
Shared with FSL E Anthony (N6296), FSL Cyril Ridley, FSL Herbert Rowley, FSL Cecil Brock, FSL GBG Scott (N5455), FSL HL Everitt (N6306), FSL Anthony Spence |
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