Woods, Arthur
Accident 1918-08-21
Birth Date: unkown date
Born: Shipley, Perth County, Ontario
Joseph Henry Woods & Emaline Trussler
Home: London, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RAF
Unit
232 (CS) (RNAS)
Base
Seaplane Station Felixstowe
Rank
Lieutenant
Position
Lieutenant
Service Numbers
Home
London, Ontario
First Burial
Mt Hope Cemetery ,Kitchener, Ontario
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.
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