Person
Wood, Francis John Powell (1913 - )
- Born
- 10 February 1913
Albury, New South Wales, 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 with the Royal Australian Air Force
- 1968 - 1978
- Career position - Experimental Officer at the Aeronautical Research Laboratories in Melbourne
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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
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 March 2018
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