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#	Name*	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Victories (Fighters)	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
17601	Wood	T	Flying Officer	165019						Fighter	418Sqn RCAF	1945-01-05	Mosquito	VI	NS830					Patrol		Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery Germany
17602	Wood	Robert Eric Norman	Sergeant	1709160		Wales	Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1944-05-22	Lancaster	X	KB717	VR:E		RAF Middleton St George	22:40	Dortmund	See Archive Report for details	KiA	Rheinburg War Cemetery Germany, Collective Grave 3H 18-2				Read Archive Report
17603	Wood	Victor Thomas Lawrence	Squadron Leader	39921		Australian	Pilot		RAFO	Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1942-01-21	Hampden	I	AT130	PT-S		RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire	1725	Emden	See archive report for further information	PoW No: 1444 Camp: Stalag Luft Sagan				Read Archive Report
17604	Wood	R G	Flying Officer	130506						Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1943-04-16	Wellington	X	HE591	OW-		Dishforth	2115	Mannheim	Crashed Sankt Thomas	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
17605	Wood	G S	Sergeant							Bomber Command	427Sqn RCAF	1943-09-05	Halifax	V	LK636	ZL-H		Leeming	1940	Mannheim	?	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery
17606	Wood	G R Y	Sergeant	658403						Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1943-05-12	Wellington	X	HE440	SE-Y		Bourn	2345	Duisburg	Crashed NE of Winterswijk	Killed	Winterswijk General
17607	Wood	David Gilchrist	Sergeant	1569915			Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	433 (Porcupine) Sqn, RCAF	1944-06-14	Halifax	III	LV966	BM:P "Pride of the Porcupines"		Skipton on Swale	22:35	Cambrai	Claim by Hptm Josef Krahforst 2/NJG4 - (E) Douai or Lille area (PG or OG): 3,000m at 01:07. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten). The a/c crashed at 02:00 hrs at Saultain (Nord) 5km South East from the centre of Valenciennes.	Killed	Valenciennes (St Roch) Communal Cemetery Plot 4 Row A Grave 2.
17608	Wood	Rupert Richard	Sergeant	411570		Australia			RAAF		4 (RCAF) Air Observers School	1942-09-06													RAAF Honour Roll
17609	Wood	Kemble Russell	Flying Officer	411977		Australia			RAAF		405Sqn RCAF	1943-10-20													RAAF Honour Roll
17610	Wood	Stanley Albert	Sergeant	R/74645	Age 38	Canadian	Passenger Aero engine mechanic		RCAF	Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron	10Sqn (RCAF)	1943-10-19	B-24 Liberator		3701	H		Gander, Newfoundland	2216	Transport	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	St. Donat Roman Catholic Cemetery Collective Grave Lot GE 34			Son of Albert and Elizabeth Wood of Palgrave, Ontario	Read Archive Report
17611	Wood	Noel Herbert	LAC	NZ/437361	Age 19	New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	1 Training Command	No. 6 Service Flying Training School (RCAF)	1944-08-26	Harvard	IIB	FE582	-		RCAF Dunneville, Ontario	13:45	Training	See archive report for further details	Killed	Dunnville Cemetery (Riverside). Lot 845. Grave 6	Courtesy Air Museum of New Zealand		Born on the 30th October 1924 in Auckland. Educated at Takapuna Grammar School. A clerk for A.J Entrican, Sims Company. Enlisted at Omaka as aircraft hand on the 14th May 1943. Re-mustered as a pilot under train on the 09th December 1943. With No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School on the 11th December 1943. Embarked for Canada on the 11th February 1944. With No. 6 Service Flying Training School on the 19th March 1944. Son of Edmund Harry Wood (died 1982, age 91) and of Jeanette Edith Wood (née Coe - died 1975, age 87), of Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand. Epitaph: 'Thy Way O God Not Mine Sleep On Beloved Till We Meet Again'.	Read Archive Report on this incident
17612	Woodard	T H	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	432Sqn RCAF	1944-12-04	Halifax	III	LW614	QO-S		RAF East Moor, Yorkshire		Training	Engine failure - Crashed near Hackness	Killed			Paradie Archive Database	For brief details: Read Archive Report
17613	Woodcock	Gerald Harvey	Sergeant	R/140867			Air Gunner (rear)		RCAF	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1943-07-29	Halifax	II	JB798	EY-P		RAF Breighton, East Riding of Yorkshire	2211	Hamburg	Crashed at Bad Oldesloe	Killed	Hamburg (Ohlsdorf) Cemetery - Plot VI. Row B. Grave 10		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
17614	Woodfield	Donald Eugena	Pilot Officer	J/12452	Age 20	Canada	Pilot		RCAF	Transport Command	45 Group	1943-05-28	Hudson	IIIA	FK742	42-47298		Dorval, Quebec, Canada	830	Delivery Flight	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Reykjavik (Fossvogur) Cemetery, Iceland. Grave C46.6	Courtesy Operation Picture Me		Son of Harry and Winnifred F. Woodfield, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Grave inscription: 'Some Day We'll Understand'.	Archive Report
17615	Woodger	D N	Pilot Officer	42666						Coastal Command	235Sqn	1940-08-24	Blenheim	IV	T1804	E				Patrol	Shot down in Error by 1 RCAF Sqn Crashed Bracklesham Bay	Killed	Runnymede Memorial United Kingdom
17616	Woodhead	Robert Martin	Pilot Officer	J/8156	Age 21	Canada	Pilot		RCAF	Fighter Command	81Sqn	1942-05-27	Spitfire	Vb	BM467	FL-?		RAF Hornchurch, Essex	1100	Training	See Archive report for details mid air collision with BM518	Killed	Warmfield Churchyard Extension (St. Peter). Row U. Grave 11			Born on the 31st January 1921 at Wapella. Prior to enlisting on the 15th January 1940 at Wapella he worked at Bragg stores as a clerk. Son of William Martin Woodhead (died 1960, age 68) and Clara Annie Woodhead (née Teal - died in 1962, age 93), of Kirkthorpe, Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Grave inscription: 'Beloved Son Of William M And Clara A. Woodhead. Formerly Of This Parish'.	Archive Report on the loss of this aircraft Paradie Canadian Archive
17617	Woodhouse	A T	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1943-03-01	Halifax	II	DT641	VR-R		Middleton St George	1850	Berlin	Presumed crashed in sea	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
17618	Woodhouse	R	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	433Sqn RCAF	1944-04-08	Halifax	III	HX275	BM-S		Skipton on Swale	1031	Bois de Cassan	?				Paradie Archive Database
17619	Woodhouse	Kenneth B.	Flying Officer	J/18080			Pilot		RCAF	Fighter Command	401Sqn RCAF	1944-03-16	Spitfire	IX	MJ119	YO-?		RAF Biggin Hill, Kent	PM	Ramrod 661	See archive report for further details	Evaded	None - thought to have survived the war		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
17620	Wooding	G W	Sergeant							Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1943-09-23	Lancaster	II	DS714	OW-L		Linton on Ouse	1917	Mannheim	Crash landed Thorney Island SUSSEX
17621	Woodington	William Edmonstone	Sergeant	R/112242	Age 19	Canada	Pilot		RCAF	Fighter Command	9 Pilot Advanced Flying Unit		Miles Master	I	T8602					Training	Crashed at Rossie Priory, Perthshire, Scotland	Killed	Murie Cemetery, Sec. B. Grave 374	Courtesy Oleg Marin		Son Of Leslie And Jean Woodington, Of Kensington, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Born on the 24th April 1923. Enlisted: 24th September 1941
17622	Woodley	Charles David	Flying Officer	C21286	7th August 1919 in Knowlton, Quebec	Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	15 Sqn	1944-06-07	Lancaster	III	LM534	LS:A		Mildenhall	00:49	Massy-Palaiseau Rail Facilities	Claimed by Maj. Walter Borchers, his 23rd Abschuss, from Stab NJG5, 30km WSW of Paris 1t 1.300 m, at 02:31 hrs.. Exploded in the air with great force at 02:30hrs , scattering the aircraft and its contents over a wide area of woodland at Bonnelles (Yvelines) 19km ESE of Rambouillet. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (12 May 1944 - 23 July 1944) Part 3 - Theo Boiten)	Killed	Viroflay New Communal Cemetery Row A. Collective Grave 38-42		Paradie Archive Database	The crew were initially laid to rest in Bonnelles Son of Arthur Trevelyan Woodley and Margaret Helen (née Kennedy) Woodley, of Knowlton, Province of Quebec, Canada.
17623	Woodley	Donald Schlueter	Flight Sergeant	R/75098	Born on the 06th August 1919	Canada	Pilot (U/T)		RCAF	Bomber Command	22 Operational Training Unit. 6 Group	1942-04-07	Wellington	Ic	R1773	Not known		RAF Wellesbourne Mountford, Warwickshire	120	Training	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Black Bourton Churchyard (St. Mary). Row E. Grave 4.	Courtesy Oleg Marin		Read Archive Report
17624	Woodley	William Frederick George	Sergeant	1317085 (later 158416)		UK	Air Gunner	DFC	RAFVR	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1943-02-18	Wellington	III	BK505	OW-F		RAF Topcliffe	17:48	Mine laying	Damaged by AAA fire from a flak ship off the Frisian Islands. Mission aborted and aircraft RTB safely.	Safe			Accident report		RCAFA Awards database
17625	Woodman	J D	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	115Sqn	1942-12-17	Wellington	III	BK274	KD-T		East Wretham	1732	Fallersleben	Crashed at Wunstorf	Killed	Wunstorf		Paradie Archive Database
17626	Woodman	William Daniel	Leading Aircraftman	R/130601	Age 29	Canadian	Fitter IIE		RCAF	Bomber Command	433Sqn RCAF	1944-08-07	Halifax	III	MZ895	BM-S		RAF Skipton-on-Swale, North Yorkshire	940	Ground incident	See archive report for further details - Courtesy Jon Jones	Killed	Harrogate Cemetery (Stonefall). Section E Row A Grave 13	Courtesy John Jones	Paradie Archive Database	Born on the 05th December 1914 at Edmonton. Serving with 9424 Echelon at the time. Son of Thomas and Anne Mary S. Woodman, (nee Docherty) of 1054, 109th street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Grave inscription: 'In Mind A Constant Thought, In Heart A Silent Sorrow'.	Read Archive Report
17627	Woodman	S	Sergeant							Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1942-07-31	Halifax	II	W1109	LQ-S		Pocklington	.0036.	Dusseldorf	Crashed near Vorst	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
17628	Woodman	Ronald George ("Tim")					Pilot	DSO DFC		Fighter Command	169 85Sqn BSDU 410Sqn RCAF 96Sqn						7									Mosquito ace.[77] Ace
17629	Woodrow	William Edwin	Pilot Officer	J19650		Canada	Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	431 Sqn RCAF	1944-04-27	Halifax	III	MZ529	SE:E		RAF Croft, Yorkshire	23:25	Montzen	See Archive report for further details	Killed	Schoonselhof Cemetery. Grave IVa.D.35		Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
17630	Woodruff	G	Sergeant							Bomber Command	434Sqn RCAF	1943-11-22	Halifax	V	LK953	IP-C		Tholthorpe	1642	Berlin	Crashed at Barsselermoor	PoW
17631	Woods	V J	Flying Officer					DFC	RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1944-12-22	Lancaster	III	PB113	LQ-J		Gransden Lodge	1552	Bingen	Crash landed at Downham Market Norfolk on return				Paradie Archive Database
17632	Woods	W A	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1944-06-11	Halifax	VII	NP761	EQ-A		Linton On Ouse	1213	Gelsenkirchen		PoW			Paradie Archive Database
17633	Woods	R C	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1945-01-14	Lancaster	X	KB799	VR-W		Middleton St George	1847	Leuna	Abandoned near target area	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
17634	Woods	G C	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1945-01-14	Lancaster	X	KB799	VR-W		Middleton St George	1847	Leuna	Abandoned near target area	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
17635	Woods	Earle Deachman	Warrant Officer Class 2	R96351	18th June 1921 in Hopetown, Lanark, Ontario	Canadian	Air Gunner (Mid Upper)		RCAF	Bomber Command	78 Sqn	1944-06-07	Halifax	III	MZ577	EY:O		RAF Breighton	22:50	Juvisy sur Orge Rail Communications	See archive report for details	KiA	Villeneuves St. Georges Communal Cemetery Joint Grave 101		Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
17636	Woods	L W	Flight Lieutenant				Pilot			Fighter	401Sqn RCAF	1945-04-16	Spitfire	IX	MJ390					Recce	Crash landed at Wunsdorf
17637	Woods	L W	Flight Lieutenant				Pilot			Fighter	401Sqn RCAF	1945-04-25	Spitfire	IX	ML141					Patrol	Abandoned
17638	Woods	R J	Sergeant							Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1943-10-22	Halifax	II	JD382	VR-A		Middleton St George	1710	Kassel	Crashed Lauenforde	PoW
17639	Woods	Roderick Fred	Warrant Officer Class 1	R103923	20th October 1922 in Trail, British Columbia	Canadian	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	51 Sqn	1944-01-28	Halifax	III	LW466	MH:H		Snaith	00:30	Berlin	LW466 was claimed as a probable by Ofw Erich Kaschig, his 1st Abschuss, from 10./NJG5, north of Berlin at 02:46 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (1 January - 15 March 1944) Part 1 - Theo Boiten)	Killed	Berlin 1935-1945 War Cemetery 9.Z.8		Paradie Archive Database	Son of James Thompson and May Gertrude (née Bush) Woods of Trail, British Columbia, Canada
17640	Woodside	Paul	Flying Officer	J37801	15 July 1923 at Malpeque Prince Edward Island, Canadaknown	Canadian	Air Bomber		RCAF	Bomber Command	170Sqn	1945-02-01	Lancaster	I	NG202	TC-T		RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire		Ludwigshafen	Collided with Lancaster RA502, BQ-Z, of 550 Squadron	Safe and uninjured				Read Archive Report
17641	Woodward	Norman Paulle Courtenay	Flight Lieutenant	J/20138 (R/131658)	Age 23	Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Fighter Comman	263Sqn	1945-04-17	Typhoon	Ib	MN706	HE-?		B.105 ALG. Lingen/Drope (Germany)	10:05	Offensive Patrol	See archive report for details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 278		Paradie Archive Database	Born on the 20th October 1921 in Vancouver. Educated at Elbow Park Public School, Western Canada College Calgary. An audit clerk for G.A.Touche in Calgary. Enlisted on the 05th September 1941.in Calgary. No.5 Elementary Flying Training School. No 2 Service Flying Training School. No 41 Operational Training Unit. No. 17 (P) Advanced Flying Unit. Aqrded his flying badge on the 23rd October 1942, Served in North Africa from June to October 1943. Son of Capt. Norman Paulle Woodward, RACPC died on active service, 12th March, 1944, age 53 (coronary thrombosis) and of Ann Mary Woodward (née Macphail - died 01st July 1952, age 57 - married 27th December 1920 in Vancouver, British Columbia), brother of George John Courtenay and Shirley Annette (née Bradner - died 27th June 2010, age 83) of 3181 West 29th Avenue,Vancouver, British Columbia,	Archive report on the loss
17642	Woodward	J D	Flight Lieutenant						RCAF	Bomber Command	432Sqn RCAF	1944-09-27	Halifax	VII	NP692	QO-K		East Moor	737	Bottrop	Crash landed at Woodbridge Suffolk on return	Injured died			Paradie Archive Database
17643	Woodward	N	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	77Sqn	1941-09-06	Whitley	V	Z6824	KN-		Leeming	1954	Huls	Crashed Borculo Holland	Killed	Borculo General		Paradie Archive Database
17644	Woodward	J E	Sergeant							Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1941-11-08	Hampden	I	AE433	EQ-D		Syerston	1719	Essen	Crashed at Limburg Holland	PoW
17645	Woodworth	Donald Haigh	Pilot Officer				W/Op/Air/Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1944-11-02	Halifax	VII	NP744	EQ-X		RAF Linton-On-Ouse, North Yorkshire	1618	Dusseldorf	See archive report for further details	Injured	None - survived the war		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
17646	Woof	R	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	156Sqn	1942-07-31	Wellington	III	Z1622	GT-		Alconbury	.0004.	Dusseldorf	Presumed crashed off cost of Holland	Killed	Vlissengen Northern Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
17647	Woolatt	Horace james	Flight Sergeant	1258661					RAFVR	Bomber Command	407Sqn RCAF	1942-10-20	Hudson	VI	EW921			RAF St Eval, Cornwall England		Anti-Submarine	Unconfirmed - accident	Missing	Runnymede Memorial, Panel 77.			Accident report
17648	Wooley	S K	Flying Officer							Fighter	418Sqn RCAF	1944-10-02	Mosquito	VI	PZ342					Intruder		PoW
17649	Woolf	Devoe	Flying Officer	J/86900	Age 21	Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	76Sqn	1944-12-26	Halifax	III	MZ740	MP-R		RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire	1252	St-Vith	See Archive report for further details - Crashed at Nassogne {Luxembourg}	Killed	Hotton War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database	Born in Cardston, Alberta, 28th August 1922, the son of Andrew Bates and Mary, née Wright, Woolf. He came from a large family (4 brothers, 4 sisters). He enlisted in the RCAF 29th July 1942. Married to the former Persia Newby and had a son named Phillip.	Read Archive Report<
17650	Woolfenden	P B	Pilot Officer							Bomber Command	432Sqn RCAF	1944-06-28	Halifax	III	MZ591	QO-K		East Moor	2217	Metz	Crashed at Chevrieres {Oise}	PoW