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WOODROW, William

Personal Information
Rank P/O
Forename(s) William Edwin
Surname Woodrow
Gender M
Age 32
Decorations
Date of death 28-04-1944
Next of kin Son of Fred and Bertha F. Woodrow. Husband of Frances L. Woodrow, of Eastview, Ontario, Canada.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax III
Serial Number MZ529
Markings SE-E
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Belgium
Burial/Memorial Place Schoonselhof Cemetery
Grave Reference IVa. D. 35..
Epitaph TO LIVE IN HEARTS OF THOSE WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 269
Enlistment information
Service Number J/19650
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 6
Squadron 431 (Iroquois)
Trade Pilot
Country of origin if different Canada
Fellow Servicemen
Aiano R H (Sgt)
Gabel A L (P/O)
Hazael R E (P/O)
Last Operation information
Start Date 27-04-1944
End Date 28-04-1944
Takeoff Station Croft
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Montzen- to attack railway installations. 144 aircraft, 15 losses (10.4%). Not a particularly successful raid, compounded by very high loss rate. Only one part of the railway yards were hit.
Reason for Loss Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed ESE of Herselt, Belgium