Barry Winston Wood

Baltimore Police Dept. — Baltimore, MD

Accident Veteran

End of Watch November 4, 1998

Age 50

Tour of Duty 27 yrs

The Vigil Panel 145 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 150

Incident

Flight Officer Barry Wood was killed when the helicopter he was piloting crashed while searching for a stolen vehicle. Prior to the crash, the observation officer had radioed to dispatch that there smoke coming from the engine of the Schweizer 300C helicopter. The helicopter crashed at the intersection of Pratt Street and Poppleton Street, near the entrance to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum, as Officer Woods attempted to locate a safe location to land. The observation officer was pulled from the wreckage immediately and Officer Wood was freed by rescue workers. He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries during surgery. Officer Wood was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War and had served with the Baltimore Police Department for 27 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Flight Officer Wood gave the Baltimore City Police Department 27 years.
Thank you for your service to the Baltimore community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Baltimore Police Dept.

Location Baltimore, MD

Platform Identity baltpd.baltimore.md.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 4, 1998

Tour of Duty 27 yrs

Age 50

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Barry Winston Wood served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Flight Officer Barry Winston Wood is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In MD, 140 of 377 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 37.1% of this state's fallen. That is 6.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Baltimore Police Dept., 52 of 151 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 34.4% of this agency's fallen.

Baltimore Police Dept.

of 151 officers

34.4% Accident

MD — Statewide

140

of 377 officers

37.1% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident