Name: Henry Raymond Woodman Rank: Pilot Officer Service Number: J/13145 Service: No. 36 Operational Training Unit, Royal Canadian Air Force Date of Birth: May 10, 1921 Place of Birth: Joggin Bridge, Digby County, Nova Scotia Date of Enlistment: August 9, 1941 Place of Enlistment: No. 16 RCAF Recruitment Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia Address at Enlistment: Joggin Bridge, Digby County, Nova Scotia Age at Enlistment: 20 Height: 5 feet, 9 inches Complexion: Medium Eye Colour: Blue Halir Colour: Light Brown Occupation: Farmer Marital status: Single Religion: Baptist Next of Kin: William Carey Woodman (Father), Joggin Bridge, NS Date of Death: October 8, 1942 Age: 21 Cemetery: Ottawa Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario Reference: Panel 1, Column 5 Commemorated on Page 125 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on March 16 Henry Raymond Woodman was the son of William Carey Woodman (1888-1954) and Harriet Eileen (Galliatt or Gilliatt) Woodman (1894-1965), and the brother of Harold Lovett ‘Woody’ Woodman (1917- 2005), and Alice Maximilia (Woodman) Binton (1919-2002). His father was port master at Joggin Bridge, and his brother Harold served as a Sergeant in the RCAF during WWII. Henry had worked as an assistant postmaster, and odd jobs including gardening, landscaping, carpentry and farming. He enjoyed athletics, baseball, hockey, skiing, tennis and swimming. He completed Grade 11 at the age of 17. After enlisting, Henry began his training and completed initial flight training at No. 3 Initial Training School (3 ITS) from September 13 to October 1, 1941, in Victoriaville, Quebec. Then, he trained at the No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School in Fingal, Ontario from November 29, 1941 to January 9, 1942. Next, he trained at the No. 3 Wireless School (3 WS) in Winnipeg, Manitoba from January 10 to July 4, 1942, and at No. 7 Bombing and Gunnery School in Paulson, Manitoba from July 5 to August 28, 1942, until he was assigned to the No. 36 Operational Training Unit (36 OTU) at RCAF Station Greenwood in Kings Co., NS for operational training. Henry’s aircraft flew into the sea in the Bay of Fundy about 2-4 miles North of Port George, Annapolis County, NS, while low flying during an air-to-ground gunnery exercise. Flying Officer JC McFarlane (the Staff Pilot), and Fight Sergeant D. Shackell (the Staff Armament Officer) were killed along with the four Wireless Operator/Air Gunner pupils when Hudson BW700 crashed. The crew were: Sergeant Douglas Wilson Armstrong, Service No. R/117525, RCAF Sergeant Robert Oliver Barrett, Service No. R/99737, RCAF Sergeant Benoit Desmarais, Service No. R/124068, RCAF Pilot Officer George William Knowles, Service No. J/12998, RCAF Flying Officer (Pilot) Jack Campbell McFarlane, Service No. J/4748, RCAF Flight Sergeant Daniel Shackell, Service No. GB745922, RAFVR With no known grave Henry Raymond Woodman is remembered on the Ottawa Memorial in Ontario. The Memorial commemorates almost 800 men and women of the Air Forces of the Commonwealth who lost their lives while serving in units operating from bases in Canada, the British West Indies and the United States of America, or while training in Canada and the US, and who have no known graves. He is also listed on his parents’ family grave marker at the Woodman Cemetery in Joggins Corner, Digby Co., NS.

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