Woodcock, Chris Noel
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Chris Noel |
Surname | Woodcock |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 01-09-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Douglas Avard Woodcock and Edith Doris Woodcock, of Headington, Oxford. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito XIX |
Serial Number | MM672 |
Markings | RS- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Oxford (Headington) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. L. Grave 53. |
Epitaph | HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY, HIS SOUL TO GOD |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 268 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 144040 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 100 |
Squadron | 157 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1046/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1046/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 01-09-1944 |
End Date | 01-09-1944 |
Takeoff Station | |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training |
Reason for Loss | Collided with another 157 Sqn Mosquito (MM676), which landed safely with no injures, whereas MM672 crashed at Haydon, NNE of Swannington airfield, Norfolk |