Woods, Arthur (Lieutenant)

Accident 1918-August-21

Male Head

Birth Date: 1894-January-26

Born: Shipley, Perth County, Ontario

Parents: Joseph Henry Woods & Emaline Trussler

Spouse: unmarried

Home: London, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAF

Unit

232 (CS) (RNAS)

Base

Seaplane Station Felixstowe

Rank

Lieutenant

Position

pilot

Service Numbers

Final Burial
Google MapMount Hope Cemetery
Section F Row 12
1918-08-21: Woods was the pilot of a Felixstowe F2a flying boat. He lost control in a bank, due to engine failure, and crashed in the sea off Felixstowe. Others on the aircraft were: Canadian 2Lt Reginald Henry Bullock, 18, who drowned; Canadian Lt Walter Pendleton, injured, but recovered, Canadian 2Lt Douglas Montague Crater, British, (unhurt); A Mech 2 Robert Joseph Kinslow, British, (unhurt). Woods survived the war.