The story
Name: J G WOOD
Rank: Midshipman
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNR
Squadron: 785 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1942-09-09
Aircraft: Albacore X 9057
Place of death: Firth of Forth
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 7
Family details: Son of Christopher James and Gladys Maud Wood
Rank: Midshipman
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNR
Squadron: 785 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1942-09-09
Aircraft: Albacore X 9057
Place of death: Firth of Forth
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 7
Family details: Son of Christopher James and Gladys Maud Wood
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You have arrived at just one small part of Back to Normandy — a personal project dedicated to preserving stories, images, music and memories of the Second World War.
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