Wood, Eric Ian Campbell
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Eric Ian Campbell |
Surname | Wood |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 09-03-1942 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington II |
Serial Number | Z8409 |
Markings | PH-H |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Uden War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 1. E. 11. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 118 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 918372 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/12573 (P366707/42) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/166/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/166/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 08-03-1942 |
End Date | 09-03-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Binbrook |
Day/Night Raid | Night (61% moon) |
Operation | Essen |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed 0548 into a wood near Dreumel (Gelderland) 4 Km S of Tiel Holland. |