Gerald Lee Bollard

1935 - 1964  (29 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	Gerald Lee Bollard
  Born	31 Jan 1935	Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Census	1940	Conneaut Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA
  	No Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation Veteran Street 33 89 Victor S. Bollard head male white 1915 25 married Pennsylvania farmer Route 338 34 89 Gearldine L. Bollard wife female white 1916 24 married Pennsylvania 35 89 Gearld L. Bollard son male white 1935 5 single Pennsylvania   Transcript ID is  dbid=9999&iid=r0ft_584
  Military Service	Korean War - U.S. Air Force. Was a flight instructor in Tokyo, Japan, and in the U.S. Served with the 4118 FLT, 3659 Squadron from Sampson Air Force Base at Geneva, New York.
  		Sampson Air Force Base, FLT 4118, 3659 Squadron Gerald Lee Bollard has the blue highlight around his neck in this photo
  Died	8 May 1964	Zoar, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, USA
  	from the records of the Thurman M. Houghton Funeral Home: Area Pilot Dies in Crash Gerald (Jerry) Bollard of RD 1, Linesville, well-known agricultural pilot, was killed in the crash of his single-engine plane Friday near Dover, Ohio. Bollard, 29, was dusting a field of small pine trees when his plane hit a pole, fell to the ground and burst into flames. Wreckage was scattered over 300 feet. He was dusting the trees for the Status Development Co. of Zoarville, Ohio. Owner and operator of the Bollard Aviation service at Linesville, he also was a flight instructor. He established Linesville Airport in 1955, a year after his graduation from Linesville-Conneaut-Summit High School. He served as a U.S. Air Force flight instructor for two years in Tokyo and for two more years in the States. He opened a flight training school at Linesville in 1959 and began his aerial agricultural application service (crop dusting) in 1960. At least twice in recent years Bollard escaped injury in plane accidents. In January 1960 his plane crashed through ice on Pymatuning Lake. He and his passenger, Herman Kimple, Linesville assistant chief of police, walked three-quarters of a mile across the frozen lake to shore. In April 1961 a sudden snowstorm forced him to land his agricultural plane in a field near Chardon, Ohio. At that time after a smooth landing he remarked, "It was luck, being in the right place at the right time." He was born at Meadville Jan. 31, 1935, a son of Victor and Geraldine Litwiler Bollard, and had lived all his life in the Linesville area. He was a member of Lantana, Fla., Elks Lodge; Linesville American Legion Post; Aviation Owners and Pilots Assn.; Pennsylvania Flying Farmers; and Crawford County Police Encampment. He is survived by his widow, the former Mary Alice Swafford; three children, Brenda Lee, Joyce and Tim Martin, all at home; his parents of Lantana; a sister, Mrs. Robert (Judith) Lucas of Espyville; and his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Litwiler, and paternal grandfather, Dale Bollard, all of Linesville. Friends of the family may call Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Thurman M. Houghton Funeral Home, Linesville. Other arrangements are incomplete.
  Age	29 years
  Buried	11 May 1964	Linesville Cemetery, Linesville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA
  	Section V, Lot 600, Grave 3
  		Bollard, Gerald Lee 1935-1964 Plot: Section V, Lot 600, Grave 3
  		Pennsylvania Burial Permit Gerald Lee Bollard
  Person ID	I56236	Local Families
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	Victor Sherman Bollard,   b. 28 Aug 1914, Conneaut Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 9 Mar 1988, Seffner, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Geraldine Lucille Litwiler,   b. 7 Jun 1915, Conneaut Lake, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 27 Mar 2006, Midland, Georgia  (Age 90 years)
  Married	30 Nov 1933	Linesville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Family ID	F10652	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2011
  Family ID	F19310	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Buried - 11 May 1964 - Linesville Cemetery, Linesville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Senior Portrait appeared in the 1954 issue of the Linesville High School "Zenith" yearbook
  		Bollard Aviation in Action
  		Bollard Aviation Gerald Bollard is on the far right in the sunglasses
  		Gerald Bollard With His Plane and His Dog

  
  

  Miscellaneous News » Slide Show		Plane Sinks After Frozen Landing an article from the Indiana, Pennsylvania newspaper "Gazette". Tells about Gerald and passenger, Herman Kimple, submerging their plane in Pymatuning Lake
  		Low-Flying Plane Hits Utility Pole article from "The Derrick" newspaper from Oil City, Pa., telling about Gerald's accident that caused his death.
  		Linesville Pilot Killed an article from the Kane Republican telling of Gerald's fatal accident
  		Duster Crashes at Zoar Part 2
  		Duster Crashes at Zoar, Pennsylvania Pilot is Killed part 1 of an article from a Dover, Ohio, newspaper, telling of Gerald's crash and resultant death