Personnel Index - Detail

Name
WOOD
First Names
Alexander Milne
Rank
Sgt
Service
RAF
Service Number
817163
Crew Position
Wireless Operator
Age
26
Date of Death
17/12/1940
Cemetery

 

Photographed by Malcolm Brooke
Part of the panel at Runnymede
 

The Runnymede image was created by artist Paul Reid using photographs taken by Jo Cockburn and Malcolm Brooke

16/17 December, 1940; MANNHEIM:

Bomber Command launched approximately 100 aircraft against Mannheim on a cloud free moonlit Monday night. 49 Squadron contributed 10 aircraft of which 5 bombed the primary target; 1 attacked a railway station and another bombed railway lines.One 49 Squadron aircraft failed to return; the unfortunate crew piloted by F/Lt Tony Scoltock (X3063) is believed to have crashed in the sea off the Isle of Wight. The crew was all posted as missing; their names are recorded at Runnymede.
The raid itself was not a success; the cost had been 3 aircraft lost with a further 4 crashing in England.

Hampden X3063
F/L A.T.N. Scoltock Pilot (Missing)
Sgt E.S. Rimes W/OP (Missing)
Sgt J.H. Tiedeman A/OB (Missing)
Sgt A.M. Wood W/OP (Missing)