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operational flights, two to Essen and to Kiel, before commencing a beam approach course at No. 1505 Beam Approach Training Flight, Honnington, Suffolk. On completing the course he returned to No. 75 Squadron and took part in seven more operations, first as reserve pilot and later as captain of Wellington bomber aircraft. The targets were Essen (3), and Hamburg in Germany and three raids on Le Havre, France.

From this latter target undertaken on the night of the 22/23rd April, 1942, the aircraft failed to return, and all the crew, including Flight Sergeant Mahood were classified as missing. Nothing further was heard of any of the crew, and in due course the death of Flight Sergeant Mahood was presumed to have occurred at sea on the 22nd April 1942.

5/3/6397 A.S.2.
344 hours as pilot.

Mrs. J.H. Mahood, (M), (right aligned)
Leamington, (right aligned)
CAMBRIDGE. (right aligned & underlined)