William Charles Luke Wood                                                                     Updated: 07 JAN 2022

Airman: e777039.htm Surname: Wood Init: WCL Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 7

P_link: p219.htm Plane: LAN JA713 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The Kattegat off Tunø

Crash_d: d040943 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Den 4. september 1943 kl. 02.30 styrtede LAN JA713 i Kattegat syd for Tunø (omkring her) på hjemvejen fra et bombetogt til Berlin. Hele besætningen omkom.
Se p219MACR. På luftfoto Samsø-Norsminde ses Tunø under Samsø.

Sergeant William Charles Luke Wood var fra United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 170 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

Se Den lange version fra Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift. LAN EE138 blev skudt ned ved Stadil under samme operation. Se Stadil - Flyverminde.
2 flyvere fra
LAN JA713 blev begravet i Århus og 1 flyver i Esbjerg. 4 besætningsmedlemmer har ingen kendt grav. Se Lancaster fotos. 7 flyvere.

On 4 September 1943 at 02.30 hours LAN JA713 crashed into the Kattegat south of Tunø (about here) on the return flight from a bombing raid on Berlin.
All of the crew perished.

Sergeant William Charles Luke Wood was from the United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 170, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 268.  

See The long version from (Danish) Aviation Historical Review. LAN EE138 was shot down at Stadil on the same operation. See Stadil - Memorial.
2 airmen from
LAN JA713 were buried in Århus and 1 airman in Esbjerg. 4 members of the crew have no known grave.

See Lancaster * Lancaster photos * No. 7 Squadron RAF * 7 Squadron Association * p219MACR. In aerial photo Samsø-Norsminde Tunø is seen below Samsø.
IBCC has details about the operation at each airman.
              
Lancaster III JA713 MG-V
took off from RAF Oakington at 20:12 on 03 SEP 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this with details+Archive Report)
7 airmen.