LEST WE FORGET
Flight Lieutenant Alexander Philip Stepto WOOD
Service No: 400747
Born: Melbourne VIC, 24 July 1916
Enlisted in the RAAF: 13 October 1940
Unit: No. 5 Operational Training Unit
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 5 Operational Training Unit Oxford aircraft LW999), Wallan VIC, 29 April 1944, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Samuel Octavius and Helen-Dorethea Wood; husband of Suzanne Olga Wood, of Glen Iris. M.A. (Cantab.)
Roll of Honour: Caulfield VIC
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
During a non-operational travel flight on 29 April 1944, Oxford LW999 crashed at 1725 hours near Wallan, Victoria, and all on board were killed.
The crew members of LW999 were:
Squadron Leader Allyn Clive Douglass DSO DFC (404374) (Observer, No 7 Operational Training Unit)
Flying Officer John Gordon Lobban (423771) (Pilot)
Flight Lieutenant Alexander Philip Stepto Wood (400747) (Pilot, Supernumerary)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/44/127