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Military service
Service number:
C/1771
Age:
26
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
434 Sqdn.
Birth:
March 17, 1918
Death:
October 14, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. A. Grave 102.
Additional information
Son of Stuart Taylor Wood and Gertrude Maude Wood; husband of Marie Mignonne Helene Wood, of Ottawa, Ontario
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant Donald Zachary Taylor Wood
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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 -
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<P> F/L DZT Wood RCAF<br> Sgt G Grant RAFVR<BR> F/O W Ewing RCAF<BR> Sgt O Parsons RCAF<BR> 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. -
Press Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
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 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Donald Zachary Taylor Wood
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Donald Zachary Taylor Wood
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Donald Zachary Taylor Wood
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Donald Zachary Taylor Wood
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Donald Zachary Taylor Wood
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Donald Zachary Taylor Wood
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Donald Zachary Taylor Wood
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Donald Zachary Taylor Wood
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Donald Zachary Taylor Wood
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 482 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CHESTER (BLACON) CEMETERY Cheshire, United Kingdom
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