WOOD, P/O William Joseph (J85075) - Distinguished Flying Cross - No.102 Squadron - Award effective 1 September 1944 as per London Gazette dated 19 September 1944 and AFRO 2373/44 dated 3 November 1944. Son of Joseph and Isobel Wood of Winnipeg, Manitoba. From Victoria Beach, Manitoba; enlisted in Winnipeg, 23 July 1941. Trained at No.7 ITS (graduated 14 March 1942), No.2 EFTS (graduated 20 June 1942) and No.1 SFTS (graduated 7 October 1942). Invested with the DFC award by King George, 18 May 1945.
Pilot Officer Wood consistently displayed the utmost courage and determination.
Public Records Office Air 2/9276 has recommendation dated 21 June 1944 when he had flown 43 sorties (273 operational hours). Pilot Officer Wood had completed a tour of 43 operations as pilot in Coastal and Bomber Command. Throughout the period during which he had operated, he had consistently displayed the greatest determination and courage in the face of strong enemy opposition.
In May 1943, when carrying out an attack against an enemy submarine his aircraft was hit by flak and forced to alight in the sea, but by the exercise of skilful airmanship he effected a successful ditching and was subsequently rescued. Pilot Officer Wood had attacked a number of important targets in enemy occupied territory with excellent results, as his record of eleven aiming point photographs indicates.
In view of this officer's good operational record and his devotion to duty over a considerable period of time, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Postwar he was with the RCAF and in January 1946, was piloting an RCAF Dakota aircraft which went missing in southeastern British Columbia, between Cranbrook B.C. and Cowley, Alberta, near the Crowsnest Pass.
Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Wood is commemorated on Page 591 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance located in the Peace Tower of Canada's Parliament Building in Ottawa.
Pilot Officer Wood consistently displayed the utmost courage and determination.
Public Records Office Air 2/9276 has recommendation dated 21 June 1944 when he had flown 43 sorties (273 operational hours). Pilot Officer Wood had completed a tour of 43 operations as pilot in Coastal and Bomber Command. Throughout the period during which he had operated, he had consistently displayed the greatest determination and courage in the face of strong enemy opposition.
In May 1943, when carrying out an attack against an enemy submarine his aircraft was hit by flak and forced to alight in the sea, but by the exercise of skilful airmanship he effected a successful ditching and was subsequently rescued. Pilot Officer Wood had attacked a number of important targets in enemy occupied territory with excellent results, as his record of eleven aiming point photographs indicates.
In view of this officer's good operational record and his devotion to duty over a considerable period of time, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Postwar he was with the RCAF and in January 1946, was piloting an RCAF Dakota aircraft which went missing in southeastern British Columbia, between Cranbrook B.C. and Cowley, Alberta, near the Crowsnest Pass.
Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Wood is commemorated on Page 591 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance located in the Peace Tower of Canada's Parliament Building in Ottawa.
WOOD, P/O William Joseph (J85075) - Distinguished Flying Cross - No.102 Squadron - Award effective 1 September 1944 as per London Gazette dated 19 September 1944 and AFRO 2373/44 dated 3 November 1944. Son of Joseph and Isobel Wood of Winnipeg, Manitoba. From Victoria Beach, Manitoba; enlisted in Winnipeg, 23 July 1941. Trained at No.7 ITS (graduated 14 March 1942), No.2 EFTS (graduated 20 June 1942) and No.1 SFTS (graduated 7 October 1942). Invested with the DFC award by King George, 18 May 1945.
Pilot Officer Wood consistently displayed the utmost courage and determination.
Public Records Office Air 2/9276 has recommendation dated 21 June 1944 when he had flown 43 sorties (273 operational hours). Pilot Officer Wood had completed a tour of 43 operations as pilot in Coastal and Bomber Command. Throughout the period during which he had operated, he had consistently displayed the greatest determination and courage in the face of strong enemy opposition.
In May 1943, when carrying out an attack against an enemy submarine his aircraft was hit by flak and forced to alight in the sea, but by the exercise of skilful airmanship he effected a successful ditching and was subsequently rescued. Pilot Officer Wood had attacked a number of important targets in enemy occupied territory with excellent results, as his record of eleven aiming point photographs indicates.
In view of this officer's good operational record and his devotion to duty over a considerable period of time, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Postwar he was with the RCAF and in January 1946, was piloting an RCAF Dakota aircraft which went missing in southeastern British Columbia, between Cranbrook B.C. and Cowley, Alberta, near the Crowsnest Pass.
Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Wood is commemorated on Page 591 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance located in the Peace Tower of Canada's Parliament Building in Ottawa.
Pilot Officer Wood consistently displayed the utmost courage and determination.
Public Records Office Air 2/9276 has recommendation dated 21 June 1944 when he had flown 43 sorties (273 operational hours). Pilot Officer Wood had completed a tour of 43 operations as pilot in Coastal and Bomber Command. Throughout the period during which he had operated, he had consistently displayed the greatest determination and courage in the face of strong enemy opposition.
In May 1943, when carrying out an attack against an enemy submarine his aircraft was hit by flak and forced to alight in the sea, but by the exercise of skilful airmanship he effected a successful ditching and was subsequently rescued. Pilot Officer Wood had attacked a number of important targets in enemy occupied territory with excellent results, as his record of eleven aiming point photographs indicates.
In view of this officer's good operational record and his devotion to duty over a considerable period of time, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Postwar he was with the RCAF and in January 1946, was piloting an RCAF Dakota aircraft which went missing in southeastern British Columbia, between Cranbrook B.C. and Cowley, Alberta, near the Crowsnest Pass.
Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Wood is commemorated on Page 591 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance located in the Peace Tower of Canada's Parliament Building in Ottawa.
Inscription
A READY SMILE.
TRUE, BRAVE AND KIND.
MANY SORROWING HEARTS
HE LEFT BEHIND.
Gravesite Details
Flight Lieutenant, DFC, RCAF
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