Leading Aircraftman
DONALD FRANCIS (D F) HOOD

• Leading Aircraftman DONALD FRANCIS HOOD's Story

• 	Born 25 August 1920 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  	Occupation Worked as a Office Clerk for the Canadian Pacific Railway prior to enlisting.
  	Enlisted 8 August 1941 in Vancouver, British Columbia | Age: 20 years
  	Buried 23 March 1942 - BURNABY (OCEAN VIEW) BURIAL PARK | Age: 21 years

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Interesting Facts

• Son of Robert and Gertrude Hood, of Vancouver BC. Before enlisting he worked as an office clerk for the Canadian Pacific Railway. L/AC Hood had recently graduated from the No. 3 Wireless School in Manitoba when he and five other trainees were involved in a fatal accident. Two R.C.A.F. training planes collided head-on in midair near the No. 5 Bombing and Gunnery School in Dafoe, Saskatchewan. L/AC Hood as well as two others - brothers E.P. and C.G. Harris - were fatally injured in the accident and later succumbed to their injuries. Hood was 21 when he died. Two others were killed instantly and the last, Sgt.-Pilot W.M. Haggart, emerged from the accident uninjured.

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Fallen Soldiers from Vancouver British Columbia, Canada

• Leading Aircraftman
  HOOD, DONALD FRANCIS
  23 March 1942
  BURNABY (OCEAN VIEW) BURIAL PARK
  

Fallen Comrades of the Royal Canadian Air Force

• Pilot Officer
  SCOTT, FOSTER WILLIAM JACK
  12 August 1941
  KIEL WAR CEMETERY
  
• Sergeant
  MCCRORY, PHILLIP JOSEPH
  23 May 1944
  BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
  
• Flight Sergeant
  TAYLOR, DONALD ALLAN
  22 June 1944
  JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
  
• Flight Sergeant
  WILDE, ALAN RAYMOND
  13 October 1944
  GOOSE GREEN (ST. PAUL) CHURCHYARD
  
• Sergeant
  SATURE, VINCENT
  31 October 1941
  TEXEL (DEN BURG) CEMETERY
  
• Sergeant Flight Engineer
  ROLLINS, RICHARD ALAN
  15 December 1942
  BOLDRE (ST. JOHN) CHURCHYARD
  
• Warrant Officer
  KASHMAR, WILLIAM
  26 June 1943
  GORSSEL GENERAL CEMETERY
  
• Pilot Officer
  BRADLEY, ROBERT JOSEPH
  27 January 1944
  HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
  
• Pilot Officer
  NELSON, DONALD KEITH
  5 March 1944
  REYKJAVIK (FOSSVOGUR) CEMETERY
  
• Pilot Officer
  KEYES, THOMAS ERIC EDMOND
  24 June 1942
  AMSTERDAM NEW EASTERN CEMETERY
  
• Warrant Officer Class II
  ROLFSTAD, KENNETH GILLMORE
  26 September 1943
  RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
  
• Flight Lieutenant
  PORTER, JOHN EDWARD
  25 August 1944
  BOULT-AUX-BOIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY