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Frederick Karl Axtell

In memory of:

Flying Officer Frederick Karl Axtell

March 2, 1956
Kersfeld, France

Military Service

Service Number:

47136

Age:

24

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

422 (Fighter) Squadron

Additional Information

Born:

September 11, 1931
London, Ontario

Enlistment:

September 11, 1951
London, United Kingdom

Son of Gordon Karl and Ivy Alice (nee Chapman) of London, Ontario. Husband of Helen Edna (nee Foster) Axtell of London, Ontario. Brother of Joan.

Commemorated on Page 72 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
Meurthe-et-Moselle, France

Grave Reference:

Grave 8, Row B, Plot 1

Location:

Choloy is a village and commune in the Department of the Meurthe-et-Moselle, 28 kilometres west of Nancy and some 5 kilometres west of Toul, a town on the N4 road from Paris to Nancy. The village is south of the River Moselle on the minor road (D11B) from Toul to the neighbouring village of Foug. The CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY is 3 kilometres west of Toul on the north side of the D11B road. The Choloy War Cemetery is the last resting place of casualties from the First and Second World Wars and is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is also the final resting place for many Royal Canadian Air Force members and their families who died while serving in Europe as part of 1 Air Division between 1953 and 1967 and other Service Members serving with NATO in Germany following Canada's departure from France.

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  • Grave marker– Photo by Malcolm Cromarty.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– From RCAF 4 (F) Wing Baden-Soellingen's "Schwarzwald-Flieger" magazine--the April 1956 issue. "Farewell to the Skylancers: This recent photograph is the "Flieger's" last tribute to a gallant team. Sadly missed by us all are (left to right): Flying Officers Ed Welters, Dale McLarty, Jake Adams and Freddy Axtell."

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    Newspaper Clipping – From RCAF 4 (F) Wing Baden-Soellingen's "Schwarzwald-Flieger" magazine--the April 1956 issue. "Farewell to the Skylancers: This recent photograph is the "Flieger's" last tribute to a gallant team. Sadly missed by us all are (left to right): Flying Officers Ed Welters, Dale McLarty, Jake Adams and Freddy Axtell."
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