In his RAF bomber command career he was a flight commander in 105
Squadron, the first to be equipped with the de Havilland Mosquito,
known as the 'Wooden Wonder'.
During his wartime service, Wooldridge reached the rank of Wing
Commander and earned a Distinguished Flying Medal and a Distinguished
Flying Cross along with a bar to the DFC. In 1943 he wrote "Low Attack,
The Story of Two Mosquito Squadrons, 1940-1943".
One of the Mosquitos in his squadron, serial number LR503, known as 'F
for Freddie', became the most accomplished bomber aircraft of WWII. At
213 missions, it flew combat operations than any other bomber during
the war.