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Name: Arthur William Wood
Arthur William Wood
Country: England
Rank: Flight Sub-Lieutenant
Service: Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force
Units: 9N, 12N (RNAS)
Victories: 11
Born: 08 April 1898
Place of Birth: Bradford, West Yorkshire
Died:  
Place of Death:  
 
 
The son of Charles and Gertrude Wood, Arthur William Wood received Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate 3521 on a Caudron biplane at Beatty School, Hendon on 11 September 1916. He joined the Royal Naval Air Service in October 1916 and scored eleven victories flying the Sopwith Camel with Naval 9 in 1917.
Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950
 
Victories
Date Time Unit Aircraft Opponent Location
1 03 Sep 1917 1830 9N Sopwith Camel (B3884) Albatros D.V (DES) 1 SE of Pervyse
2 05 Sep 1917 0800 9N Sopwith Camel (B3897) Albatros C (OOC) 2 Middelkerke
3 06 Sep 1917 1335 9N Sopwith Camel (B3884) Albatros C (OOC) 3 Middelkerke
4 11 Sep 1917 1730 9N Sopwith Camel (B3884) Albatros D.V (DESF) 4 Leke
5 11 Sep 1917 1730 9N Sopwith Camel (B3884) Albatros D.V (DES) 4 Leke
6 16 Sep 1917 1645 9N Sopwith Camel (B3905) DFW C (DESF) 4 E of Mariakerke
7 24 Sep 1917 1545 9N Sopwith Camel Albatros D.III (OOC) 4 Leke
8 30 Sep 1917 1055 9N Sopwith Camel (B3884) Albatros C (DES) 4 S of Middelkerke
9 21 Oct 1917 1300 9N Sopwith Camel (N6348) C (DESF) 5 N of Slype
10 13 Nov 1917 1435 9N Sopwith Camel (B3884) Albatros D.V (DES) 5 Pervyse
11 10 Dec 1917 1515 9N Sopwith Camel (B3884) DFW C (DESF) 6 E of Pervyse

1 Shared with Joseph Fall, FSL J E Scott (B3907), Harold Stackard
2 Shared with Stearne Edwards, Fred Banbury, Oliver Redgate, Roy Brown
3 Shared with Joseph Fall, Harold Stackard, FSL J E Scott (B3907), Hazel Wallace
4 Shared with Joseph Fall, Harold Stackard
5 Shared with Joseph Fall
6 Shared with Oliver Redgate, FSL E M Knott (B6288)
 
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