1944 World War 2 Diary Flight Sergeant E. W. J. Wood RAF Observer (World War 2 Diary E. W. J. Wood RAF Observer Book 3)
1944 World War 2 Diary Flight Sergeant E. W. J. Wood RAF Observer (World War 2 Diary E. W. J. Wood RAF Observer Book 3) by Deborah Shores
English | Mar. 22, 2016 | ASIN: B01DCLC4KW | 36 Pages | AZW3/MOBI/EPUB/PDF (conv) | 1.9 MB
English | Mar. 22, 2016 | ASIN: B01DCLC4KW | 36 Pages | AZW3/MOBI/EPUB/PDF (conv) | 1.9 MB
This is the last of three diaries written by E. W. J. Wood service number 1384832 covering his World War 2 RAF service during 1942, 1943 & 1944.
His parents lived at 73 Eton Road, Ilford, Essex and he was a keen photographer.
He starts this 1944 diary still based at RAF Catfoss on the East Yorkshire coast continuing his lengthy navigation and signal training.
Eventually he is posted to the Middle East leaving Portreath, Cornwall and flying to Cairo, Egypt via Rabat, Morocco and Tripoli, Libya. From Cairo he is posted to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) where he sadly contracts Dengue fever and hospitalised towards the end of 1944, with the plan to return him home via boat as soon as he is well enough sometime in early 1945.
Alas no 1945 diary has survived and so the final story of Mr Wood homeward bound has – for the moment – been lost in time.