Date of death:

April 27th, 1943 (Amsterdam/Noord-Holland, the Netherlands)

Buried on:

Commonwealth War Graves New Eastern Cemetery Amsterdam
Plot: 69. Row: C. Grave: 4.

Service number:

1047244

Nationality:

British

Flight engineer, F/Sergeant John Wood, Halifax MkV, 'H for Harry' 76 Squadron RAF.

Shot down 26 on April 27, 1943 by flak. Crashed on fire at 2:32 a.m. in the center of Amsterdam destroying, among other things, the Carlton hotel housing the Luftwaffe. Buried in the Nieuwe Ooster cemetery in Amsterdam.

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• Photo 1: Arjo Eijgelsheim
• - Sergeant John Wood | War Casualty Details 2619756 | CWGC
  - De Carlton-crash in het hart van Amsterdam - Up in the Sky
  

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