www.ns.legion.ca 127 Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion On 28 October 2024, I was personally able to place thirty-one RCAF 100th Anniversary flags on the graves of Canadian airmen buried in the Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery in Vlissingen, Netherlands. Three of those airmen were from Nova Scotia, their stories follow. Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery Submitted: Gary Silliker CD Pilot Officer Reginald Woof Row C. Grave 17 – 1 August 1942. Age 28. Reginald Woof, born to James Arthur and Margaret Ann Woof in Middleton St George, County Durham, England. He was 12 years old when he immigrated to Canada, with his parents. His family settled in Conway, Digby County N.S. For the six years prior to enlisting, he had been working with the Municipal Paving and Construction Company, in Halifax. He enlisted in the RCAF in Charlottetown in early November 1940. Reginald completed his first phase of flying training in May 1941, was awarded his pilot wings on 1 September and arrived in England in November. Pilot Officer Reginald Woof joined 156 Squadron RAF on 28 February 1942. On Friday, 31 July 1942, aircraft of 156 Squadron departed RAF Station Alconbury for a bombing raid over Dusseldorf, Germany. Reginald’s’ bomber, Wellington III Z1622, failed to return to base and was presumed to have crashed off the coast of the Netherlands. It was later determined, from German records, that Z1622 was homeward bound when it was hit by light flak and crashed into the North Sea. The bodies of four crew members washed up on the north shore of the Scheldt in August and September. Pilot Officer R. Woof (pilot) RCAF washed up near Domburg on 1 August; Flight- Sergeant A.M. Illingworth (observer) RAF washed up near Vlissingen on 10 August; continued ...
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