Wood, Ernest Albert
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Ernest Albert |
Surname | Wood |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 05-07-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Percy and Mary Ada Wood, of Sevenoaks, Kent. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JB723 |
Markings | DX-P |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Aubermesnil Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave. |
Epitaph | LUX ET UMBRA VICISSIM SED SEMPER AMOR (Latin: Light and shadow by turns, but always love - a motto more usually associated with sundials than gravestones. In this context it is probably intended as a comment on the vicissitudes of life) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 118 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 639067 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 57 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Sculptures, Inscribed Memeorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who gave their lives with 57 and 630 Squadrons 1939 - 1945 |
Location | Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stenciled 57 Sqn RoH in site Chapel |
Memorial Text | In proud memory of the men of No. 57 Squadron who lost their lives operating from Royal Air Force East Kirkby 1943 to 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/539/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/539/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-07-1944 |
End Date | 05-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | East Kirkby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (98% moon) |
Operation | St. Leu |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter flown by Lt. Gerhard Wagner, of 9./NJG 5 north of Aumale, France at an altitude of 2500 m at 0200 hrs. The aircraft crashed near Aubermesnil-aux-Érables, near Foucarmont, 8 miles North East of Neufchatel-en-Bray. |