Thomas Watson WOOD

WOOD, Thomas Watson

Service Number: 421650
Enlisted: 28 February 1942
Last Rank: Flying Officer
Last Unit: No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 18 October 1920
Home Town: Burwood, Burwood, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Aircraft accident, Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 8 February 1945, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Mildura (Nichols Point) Public Cemetery, Victoria
War Graves Plot C. Row C. Grave 3,
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Red Cliffs F/O Thomas "WOOD" Memorial Plaque
Show Relationships

World War 2 Service

28 Feb 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 421650, Aircrew Training Units
28 Feb 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 421650
8 Feb 1945: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 421650, No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces, On 8/2/45 while with 2 OTU, P40 A29-85, after performing some aerobatics the a/c dived vertically into the ground near Thurla Vic killing F/O Thomas Watson Wood.

Help us honour Thomas Watson Wood's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of William and Lily Wood

Husband of Essie Irene Wood of Campsie, NSW

Pilot of Kittyhawk aircraft A29-85 of Number 2 Operational Training Unit which crashed near Mildura, Victoria