Person

Wood, Francis John Powell (1913 - 1988)

Born: 10 February 1913
Albury, New South Wales, Australia
Died: 2 December 1988
Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Aeronautical engineer

Summary

Francis Wood was an engineer 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.

Details

Chronology

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

Related Corporate Bodies

Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Commonwealth of Australia (1921 - )

Published resources

Resources

'Wood, F J P (1913-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-557517. Details

Resource Sections

'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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Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 21 January 2026

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