Wood, Eric Sharpe
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Eric Sharpe |
Surname | Wood |
Gender | M |
Age | 27 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 05-04-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of John Martin Wood and Florence Wood (née Wood), of Kedleston Road, Leicester. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ED696 |
Markings | WS-T |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hamburg Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Joint grave 4A. A. 10-11. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 118 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 953122 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 9 (IX) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Green, Bardney, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial, Propeller and Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of the killed or missing of IX Sqd. 1939 - 1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
Born 14 January 1916, Leicester. Eric had been a warehouseman in a shoe factory. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/127/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/127/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-04-1943 |
End Date | 05-04-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Waddington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (0% moon) |
Operation | Kiel |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter flown by Fw. Wilhelm Kurreck, of 8./NJG3 and crashed in flames 1km NE of Grossenaspe and 10km South of Neumunster at 23.50hrs. The crew were initially buried in Neumunster Civil Cemetery on 8 April 1943 and were reburied on 6 September 1946. |