SZ/OEMU/4/3/7 - Case No. 25, Sergeant Robert David Wood, RAF Detling]

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/4/3/7

Level of description

Sub file

Title

Case No. 25, Sergeant Robert David Wood, RAF Detling]

Date/s

1941

Quantity & Format

4 items Mixed

Personal name

Lobb, E. L. Martyn
Wood, Robert David

Subject

Lungs -- Wounds & injuries
Shock
West Kent General Hospital

Scope and content

Contains correspondence with E.L. Martyn Lobb of West Kent General Hospital and case notes concerning possible blast injury to the lungs sustained by Sgt. Wood. Wood, an air gunner, crash landed his aeroplane shortly after take off. The petrol tank and bomb load exploded. He suffered numerous fractures, shock, and lung injury. SZ's conclusion is that the lungs were damaged by a combination of blast and violent displacement.

Not catalogued to item level. Access restricted.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/4 - [OEMU. Blast, human]
    - SZ/OEMU/4/3 - [OEMU. Blast, human. Individual cases]
      - SZ/OEMU/4/3/7 - Case No. 25, Sergeant Robert David Wood, RAF Detling]

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