  air vice marshal forster herbert martin "sammy" maynard cb, afc (1 may 1893 â 26 january 1976) was a new zealander of the royal air force who served in both world wars. maynard was a flying ace credited with six aerial victories during world war i.forster maynard the aerodrome, retrieved 16 february 2010. he also served as the air officer commanding of malta during the early part of world war ii. his son, nigel maynard, also became an air marshal in the raf. ==early life== he was born in new zealand to a church of england clergyman. the family returned to england two years later and he was educated in leatherhead, and university college london ==world war i service== maynard joined the royal naval division in 1914 as an engineer. he transferred to the royal naval air service the following year. after training, he became an instructor until 1916. in january 1917, he was posted to no. 1 squadron rnas on the western front. while there, flying a sopwith triplane, he ran up a string of six victories from 29 april through 1 june 1917; his final tally included an enemy fighter set afire, another one destroyed in conjunction with a couple of squadronmates, and four enemy planes driven down out of control, including one shared with cyril ridley and six other pilots. in september 1917, he was transferred to the aircraft depot at dunkirk. after his return to england, he was injured in a crash. after recovery, he became officer commanding of a training depot. he subsequently received the air force cross for his work in training. ==inter war== between the wars he attended the imperial defence college. he was posted to hq iraq command and served administrative positions for the air staff. ==world war ii service== when italy declared war 
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