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Donald Zachary Taylor Wood

In memory of:

Flight Lieutenant Donald Zachary Taylor Wood

October 14, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

C/1771

Age:

26

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

434 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Born:

March 17, 1918

Son of Stuart Taylor Wood and Gertrude Maude Wood; husband of Marie Mignonne Helene Wood, of Ottawa, Ontario

Commemorated on Page 482 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

CHESTER (BLACON) CEMETERY
Cheshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Sec. A. Grave 102.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Press Clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Flight Lieutenant Donald Zachary Taylor Wood is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Lieutenant Donald Zachary Taylor Wood is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Donald Zachary Taylor Wood– Donald Z. T. Wood in his R.C.A.F. uniform.
  • Group Photo– Flight Lieutenant Donald Z.T. Wood and his bomber crew. Donald is sitting far right in picture.
  • Wedding Picture– Photo of F/L Donald Z.T. Wood and Mignonne E. Castonguay cutting their wedding cake May 1942.
  • Stained Glass Window– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.

2500 F/L Donald Zachary Taylor Wood (RMC 1935) was the son of Stuart Taylor Wood and Gertrude Maude Wood. He was the husband of Marie Mignonne Helene Wood, of Ottawa, Ontario. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force 434 Sqdn. He died on October 14, 1944. He was buried in the Chester (Blacon) Cemetery in Cheshire, United Kingdom.
  • Plaque– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.

2500 F/L Donald Zachary Taylor Wood (RMC 1935) was the son of Stuart Taylor Wood and Gertrude Maude Wood. He was the husband of Marie Mignonne Helene Wood, of Ottawa, Ontario. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force 434 Sqdn. He died on October 14, 1944. He was buried in the Chester (Blacon) Cemetery in Cheshire, United Kingdom.
  • Memorial– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.

2500 F/L Donald Zachary Taylor Wood (RMC 1935) was the son of Stuart Taylor Wood and Gertrude Maude Wood. He was the husband of Marie Mignonne Helene Wood, of Ottawa, Ontario. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force 434 Sqdn. He died on October 14, 1944. He was buried in the Chester (Blacon) Cemetery in Cheshire, United Kingdom.
  • Memorial– In memory of the crew of 434 Aquadron Halifax WL-C MZ920 who lost their lives in the Parish of Dunchurch on the night of 14th October 1944

F/L DZT Wood RCAF
Sgt G Grant RAFVR
F/O W Ewing RCAF
Sgt O Parsons RCAF
Sgt D Ward RCAF
  • Stained Glass Window– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.

2500 F/L Donald Zachary Taylor Wood (RMC 1935) was the son of Stuart Taylor Wood and Gertrude Maude Wood. He was the husband of Marie Mignonne Helene Wood, of Ottawa, Ontario. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force 434 Sqdn. He died on October 14, 1944. He was buried in the Chester (Blacon) Cemetery in Cheshire, United Kingdom.
  • Memorial– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.

2500 F/L Donald Zachary Taylor Wood (RMC 1935) was the son of Stuart Taylor Wood and Gertrude Maude Wood. He was the husband of Marie Mignonne Helene Wood, of Ottawa, Ontario. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force 434 Sqdn. He died on October 14, 1944. He was buried in the Chester (Blacon) Cemetery in Cheshire, United Kingdom.
  • Memorial– Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario

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