Vernon Crompton Woodward | |
---|---|
![]() Flying Officer Woodward of 'B' Flight, No. 33 Squadron RAF, dons his parachute beside his Hawker Hurricane Mark I, at Fuka, Egypt. | |
Born | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | 22 December 1916
Died | 26 May 2000 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | (aged 83)
Occupation | Aviator |
"Woody" Vernon Crompton Woodward DFC and Bar RAF (22 December 1916 – 26 May 2000) was a Canadian fighter pilot and flying ace with the Royal Air Force during World War II. With 18 and 4 shared destroyed, 2 unconfirmed destroyed, 3 probables, and 11 damaged, Woodward tied Henry Wallace McLeod as Canada's second highest scoring pilot of the war.[1]