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Wood, Francis John Powell (1913 - )

Aeronautical engineer

Born: 10 February 1913 Albury, New South Wales, Australia

Francis John P. Wood was an engeer with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) for over thirty years. He left the RAAF in 1968, having reached the rank of Group Captain, and took up a ten year post at the Aeronautical Research Laboratories in Melbourne.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1934 Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney
1935 - 1937 Assistant at Mt. Stromlo Observatory in the Australian Capital Territory
1937 - 1968 Engineering Officer with the Royal Australian Air Force
1968 - 1978 Experimental Officer at the Aeronautical Research Laboratories in Melbourne

Online Sources

'Wood, Francis John Powell', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001845p.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 7 September 2005

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