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| Name: | Walter Bertram Wood | Country: | England | Rank: | Lieutenant | Service: | Royal Flying Corps | Squadrons: | 29, 44 | Victories: | 13 | Born: | 25 October 1898 | Place of Birth: | Grimsby, Lincolnshire | Died: | 11 November 1917 |  | Place of Death: | |
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| | Before joining the army in 1915, Wood was a Boy Scout coast watcher. During the summer of 1916, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. In March 1917, he was sent to France where he flew Nieuports with 29 Squadron. By August, he'd shot down 13 enemy aircraft when he was sent home to England and reassigned to 44 Squadron. While practicing air combat maneuvers in November 1917, the 19 year old ace was killed when his Sopwith Camel crashed for no apparent reason. Wood and his brother are the subjects of J. Bygott's book, "Two Soldier Brothers." |
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