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261777 F/O. Kenneth Wallace Bolstad Royal Canadian Air Force 23 Operational Training Unit from:Bengough, SK (d.24th November 1943) Kenneth Bolstad was born in 1922 in Bengough, SK, the eldest child of 4 born to Jens, a former Norwegian sailor and Tilda Marie (nee Jorgenson), a native of Rock Dell Township, MN. Prior to enlisting with the Royal Canadian Air Force, at the tender age of 19, he had been working on the family farm in the Bengough area. He was a considerate, charming, and generous young man with a jaunty smile and a good sense of humour. Ken died doing what he loved on 24th of November 1943 and is buried at Pershore Cemetery in Worcestershire, England. The Wellington Mk. lll, S/N Z1682, he was piloting crashed and exploded in bad weather at Holm Farm, Marston, Berkshire, on a training flight from No. 23 Operational Training Unit, Pershore. At the time of his death he was engaged to be married to Doreen Oldcorn, but died a week before the wedding could occur. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.