Wood, James
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | James |
Surname | Wood |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
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) |
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
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 |