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Keith Robertson Wood

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Keith Robertson Wood

June 26, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

R/91595

Age:

21

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

51 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Born:

September 19, 1921
Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment:

January 21, 1941
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of William and Margaret Wood of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Commemorated on Page 228 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

XV. F. 5.

Location:

Groesbeek is located 10 km south east of the town of Nijmegen and close to the German frontier. The Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery is 3 km north of the village and 1500 metres east of the main road to Nijmegen. On leaving the A73 motorway at the junction Overasselt Mook Groesbeek follow directions to Mook. Follow direction signs towards Mook War cemetery. After passing Mook War cemetery continue to the village of Groesbeek to a set of traffic lights. Turn left at the lights onto Dorpstraat passing through Groesbeek. The road name then changes to Molenweg. A Commonwealth War Graves Commission direction sign indicates the right hand turning from Molenweg onto the Zeven Heuvelenweg. The Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery is located on the right hand side, about 1 km after entering this road. On the Memorial in the Canadian War Cemetery at Groesbeek are inscribed the following words:
Pro amicis mortui amicis vivimus, We live in the hearts of friends for whom we died.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of KEITH ROBERTSON WOOD– Photo of F/Sgt. (AG) Keith Wood

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  • Attestation paper

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  • Document– RCAF Personal History Record page 1

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  • Circumstances of death registers– Manitoba Registration of Death

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    Circumstances of death registers – Manitoba Registration of Death
  • Group Photo– Four crew members of Halifax II JD261 MH-J 51 (RAF) Sqn. F.Sgt Wood is second from left. He was the only Canadian crew member. Killed while on an operation night of 25/26 June 1943 to Gelsenkirchen in a force of 214 Lancasters, 134 Halifaxes, 73 Stirlings, 40 Wellingtons, 12 Mosquitos. Sadly the raid was not a success due to cloud and 30 aircraft - 13 Lancasters, 7 Halifaxes, 6 Stirlings, 4 Wellingtons - were lost, 6.3 per cent of the force. Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed east of Wanroij, Noord Brabant (Netherland) in a wheat field near the hamlet of Broekkant. Six are buried at Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery, but Sgt. Wood is buried at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery. Courtesy Peter Clermonts. (More info: http://aircrewremembered.com/davies-derek.html) RAF crew members were F/O D.H.V. Davis; Sgt. J. Roberts; Sgt. A.H. Hawes; F/O D.G. Howse; Sgt. A.D. McFarlane and Sgt. A.W. Fairmaner. (researcher G. E. Chase)

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    Group Photo – Four crew members of Halifax II JD261 MH-J 51 (RAF) Sqn. F.Sgt Wood is second from left. He was the only Canadian crew member. Killed while on an operation night of 25/26 June 1943 to Gelsenkirchen in a force of 214 Lancasters, 134 Halifaxes, 73 Stirlings, 40 Wellingtons, 12 Mosquitos. Sadly the raid was not a success due to cloud and 30 aircraft - 13 Lancasters, 7 Halifaxes, 6 Stirlings, 4 Wellingtons - were lost, 6.3 per cent of the force. Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed east of Wanroij, Noord Brabant (Netherland) in a wheat field near the hamlet of Broekkant. Six are buried at Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery, but Sgt. Wood is buried at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery. Courtesy Peter Clermonts. (More info: http://aircrewremembered.com/davies-derek.html) RAF crew members were F/O D.H.V. Davis; Sgt. J. Roberts; Sgt. A.H. Hawes; F/O D.G. Howse; Sgt. A.D. McFarlane and Sgt. A.W. Fairmaner. (researcher G. E. Chase)
  • Grave marker– F/Sgt. Keith R. Wood, son of Rev. Wm. R. Wood and his wife, Margaret M. Workman of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Courtesy of findagrave (Fred).

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    Grave marker – F/Sgt. Keith R. Wood, son of Rev. Wm. R. Wood and his wife, Margaret M. Workman of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Courtesy of findagrave (Fred).
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Keith Robertson Wood is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Keith Robertson Wood is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Keith Robertson Wood is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Keith Robertson Wood is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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