Barry Winston Wood served in the U.S. Army.
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.
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In tribute
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
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