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Wood, M.C.

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Title Flight Lieutenant (RNAS)
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Birth 27/06/1890 Death 09/10/1917
Place Winnipeg Place (He died on active service)
Area MB Area
Country Canada Country Turkey (He died on active service)
 
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Military Service
He was appointed as a Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNAS. He was appointed as a Flight Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNAS. He was apppointed as a Flight Lieutenant RNAS. He served in HMS Empress as a seaplane pilot.
 
Vessels Owned
Aircraft Flown Service Aircraft Flown: Short 184 Seaplane
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Anecdotes
Hoisted out into the water from HMS Empress for attack on Adana, Turkey, his Short 184 Seaplane was overweight and unable to climb. He landed to off load but a bomb exploded blowing his machine to pieces
 
References
Hiorth, D. (1995); Grant, Scottie & Bob Murray (nd); MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997);
Last update
2011-02-15 00:00:00

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