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Name:
Arthur William Wood
Country:
England
Rank:
Flight Sub-Lieutenant
Service:
Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force
Units:
9N, 12N (RNAS)
Victories:
11
Born:
08 April 1898
Place of Birth:
Bradford, West Yorkshire
Died:
Place of Death:
The son of Charles and Gertrude Wood, Arthur William Wood received Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate 3521 on a Caudron biplane at Beatty School, Hendon on 11 September 1916. He joined the Royal Naval Air Service in October 1916 and scored eleven victories flying the Sopwith Camel with Naval 9 in 1917.
Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950
Victories
Date
Time
Unit
Aircraft
Opponent
Location
1
03 Sep 1917
1830
9N
Sopwith Camel (B3884)
Albatros D.V (DES) 1
SE of Pervyse
2
05 Sep 1917
0800
9N
Sopwith Camel (B3897)
Albatros C (OOC) 2
Middelkerke
3
06 Sep 1917
1335
9N
Sopwith Camel (B3884)
Albatros C (OOC) 3
Middelkerke
4
11 Sep 1917
1730
9N
Sopwith Camel (B3884)
Albatros D.V (DESF) 4
Leke
5
11 Sep 1917
1730
9N
Sopwith Camel (B3884)
Albatros D.V (DES) 4
Leke
6
16 Sep 1917
1645
9N
Sopwith Camel (B3905)
DFW C (DESF) 4
E of Mariakerke
7
24 Sep 1917
1545
9N
Sopwith Camel
Albatros D.III (OOC) 4
Leke
8
30 Sep 1917
1055
9N
Sopwith Camel (B3884)
Albatros C (DES) 4
S of Middelkerke
9
21 Oct 1917
1300
9N
Sopwith Camel (N6348)
C (DESF) 5
N of Slype
10
13 Nov 1917
1435
9N
Sopwith Camel (B3884)
Albatros D.V (DES) 5
Pervyse
11
10 Dec 1917
1515
9N
Sopwith Camel (B3884)
DFW C (DESF) 6
E of Pervyse
1
Shared with Joseph Fall , FSL J E Scott (B3907), Harold Stackard
2
Shared with Stearne Edwards , Fred Banbury , Oliver Redgate , Roy Brown
3
Shared with Joseph Fall, Harold Stackard, FSL J E Scott (B3907), Hazel Wallace
4
Shared with Joseph Fall, Harold Stackard
5
Shared with Joseph Fall
6
Shared with Oliver Redgate, FSL E M Knott (B6288)
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