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HUNWICK

Wood, H., Sgt., 1941
On the Runnymede Memorial is the name of 945791 Sergeant Harold Wood, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who died 15/04/1941.

Simon Glancey has submitted the following:

Sgt. Wood was killed when Bristol Blenheim IV Z5953 QY-D of 254 Sqn was lost on a patrol from R.A.F. Sumburgh. The Blenheim was shot down by a Messerschmitt Bf-110 and crashed into the North Sea some 15 miles south west of Bergen, with the loss of all three crew members.

Royal Air Force Coastal Command Losses of the Second World War: Vol.1: Aircraft and Crew Losses 1939-1941; Ross McNeill; 2003; Midland Publishing; ISBN 1 85780 128 8, page 112

He is remembered in Hunwick on H133.01 and at Bishop Auckland on B140.01


The CWGC entry for Sergeant Wood

If you know more about this person, please send the details to janet@newmp.org.uk