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| Name: |
Harry Alison Wood |
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Canada |
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Major |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Unit: |
24 |
| Victories: |
6 |
| Born: |
16 March 1894 |
| Place of Birth: |
York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died: |
28 August 1959 |
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The son of David Oliver and Alice (Godwin) Wood, 2nd Lieutenant Harry Alison Wood received Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate 2272 on a Maurice Farman biplane at Military School, Birmingham on 14 January 1916. Later that year in France, after scoring five victories flying the D.H.2 with 24 Squadron, he was appointed Flight Commander on 5 December 1916. He scored his sixth victory in January 1917 before returning to England where he served as a flying instructor at the Central Flying School. |
Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
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06 Jul 1916 |
1015 |
24 |
D.H.2 (5997) |
D (DES) |
Flers |
| 2 |
21 Aug 1916 |
1015 |
24 |
D.H.2 |
C (DES) 1 |
Le Sars |
| 3 |
07 Sep 1916 |
1015 |
24 |
D.H.2 (7901) |
C (DES) |
Le Sars |
| 4 |
20 Oct 1916 |
0925 |
24 |
D.H.2 (7918) |
Scout (DES) |
SW of Martinpuich |
| 5 |
16 Nov 1916 |
1300 |
24 |
D.H.2 |
Scout (DES) |
Delville Wood |
| 6 |
24 Jan 1917 |
1215 |
24 |
D.H.2 (7918) |
Rumpler C (CAP) |
Flers |
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| 1 |
Shared with 2Lt S J Sibley, Alan Wilkinson |
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