John Martin Maynard

John Martin Maynard lost his life in a Battle of Britain air display in 1951, one of three pilots lost in different displays that day. From official sources: "On 15th September 1951 Harvard T2B KF937 of CFS crashed at RAF St.Athan, Glamorgan, South Wales, during the Battle of Britain Display. The aircraft began a spin at 2500 feet and stopped at about 800 feet from where it went into a steep dive to 300 feet, when recovery action was started. However insufficient height remained to effect a successful recovery and the aircraft mushed into the ground." We came across a memorial plaque to this sad loss in a church at Colyford today.