Hello ,
Just found this while searching :
Could someone help ? I’d like to hear either from seller or buyer , as F/L Wood went missing in my area in Normandy near Etretat . I have failed to trace Wood’s relatives after all these years .
Thanks ,
Zorglub
By: zorglub - 29th March 2013 at 13:07
Hello Mark .
Thanks , PM sent .
Zorglub
By: Snapper - 28th March 2013 at 20:57
I’ve passed your question on to the squadron association…for now here’s a little bit of background info, if you email me on [email]snapper35@hotmail.com[/email] i’ll rememeber. to dig up some more info – i have photographs of him i think and also have the orb which may shed some more info; i’m happy for the stuff I have to be public, it’s just a pain to upload it on here ;D
119101 Flight Lieutenant Robert Leslie Wood
Born to of Herbert and Ivy Wood, of Great Dunmow, Essex, Flying Officer Wood joined 609 at Manston under S/Ldr Thornton-Brown on 11th November 1943, having previous operational flying experience in Malta. On 11th May 1944 he was flying Typhoon MN544 attacking a Radar installation at Cap d’Antifer near Fecamp. His aircraft was hit by flak at about 19:30hrs and burst into flames, crashing into a house. On the same attack F/O Soesman was also hit and ditched in the channel at 19:30 hrs, not being rescued. Flight Lieutenant Wood was 20 years old and is remembered on the Runnymede Memorial.
rgeards
Mark
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March 26, 2013 at 1:27 pm