World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
George Arthur Wood
Hometown
Hartford, Connecticut
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF PILOT OFFICER AND SERVED AS AN AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 19 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 12 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS ARMSRONG WHITWORTH AVRO LANCASTER MK. 1 (NF925) CRASHED NEAR OSS, NORTH BRABANT, THE NETHERLANDS DURING A BOMBING RAID TO CLEVES, GERMANY ON FEBRUARY 7, 1945. BURIED AT GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, GROESBEEK, GELDERLAND, THE NETHERLANDS.