246325 Lt. Alexander McConnell-Wood Royal Flying Corps 73 Squadron from:Newcastle on Tyne My uncle Alexander McConnell-Wood left Durham University to join the army in 1917. He eventually became a pilot and trained on the Sopwith Camel. Sent to 73 Squadron on the Western front, he managed to write off 2 Camels and was sent for further training. On rejoining the Squadron, he was credited with half a kill on a German fighter before he was shot down. He elected to leave his stricken Camel and jumped, without parachute and was caught up in trees.
He spent the remaining 2 months of the war in a Belgian hospital as a Prisoner of War, which probably saved his life.
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