Wood, Donald
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Donald |
Surname | Wood |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 12-11-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Arthur Francis and Edith Wood, of Harborne, Birmingham. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | HR985 |
Markings | TL-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | St. Desir War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | VII. E. 1. |
Epitaph | GOD GIVE ME WORK TILL MY LIFE SHALL END, AND LIFE TILL MY WORK IS DONE (quote by Winifred Holtby) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 268 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 151327 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 35 (Madras Presidency) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Roadside Location, Graveley, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | Graveley Airfield 1942-1945 8 Group Bomber Command 35 Squadron Pathfinder Force 692 Squadron Light Night Striking Force R.A.F. To commemorate this airfield in honour of those who served the nation aircrew, groundstaff & WAFF of United Kingdom Dominions, C |
Location | All Saints Church, Offord Cluny, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, Sqn Badge & Roll of Honour |
Memorial Text | Remember before God all those airmen and airwomen 3who served with 35 Squadron R.A.F. Graveley 1939-1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/380/22 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/380/21 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 11-11-1943 |
End Date | 12-11-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Graveley |
Day/Night Raid | Night (100% moon) |
Operation | Cannes- to bomb the marshalling yards on the coastal line to Italy. 134 aircraft, 4 losses (3.0%). Clear weather conditions led to accurate marking but the railway yards were not hit and suffered only blast damage. Most of the bombs fell in a working-class suburb named La Bocca where 39 people were killed. There was much anti-British propaganda in the local German-controlled newspapers as a result of the attack |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter on homebound leg and crashed near Gacé, France |