Wood, James
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | James |
Surname | Wood |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Date of Death | 12-02-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of James and Anne Wood. Husband of Gladys Wood, of Backworth, Northumberland. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IC |
Serial Number | Z1081 |
Markings | BU- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row B. Grave 20. |
Epitaph | IN PROUD AND EVERLOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND JIMMY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 268 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 69426 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 214 (Federated Malay States) |
Squadron Motto | Ultor in umbris (Avenging in the shadows) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside former Officers Mess, Stradishall, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | To commemorate 32 years of service by the men and women of R.A.F. Stradishall 1938 - 1970 |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Plaques and RoH within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/12148 (P366134/42) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1321/4 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1321/3 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-02-1942 |
End Date | 12-02-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Stradishall |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Operation Fuller- to bomb German battle cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen after they left Brest harbour |
Reason for Loss | Ditched in the North Sea |