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Pilot Officer Robert Reid, Dumfries

 
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 3:40 pm    Post subject: Pilot Officer Robert Reid, Dumfries Reply with quote

Not listed on UKNIWM

Located in Dumfries Academy at OS Map Ref: NX 972 764

This memorial plaque was presented to the school on 15th November 2010 and has been placed in the entrance display cabinet until a decision is made on its permanent position. His son was present at the ceremony.





He was in 46 Sqn during the battle of Britain and killed in a Mosquito over Norway in 1945 whilst a member of 235 Sqn.

Name: REID, ROBERT
Initials: R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Squadron Leader
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 235 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 23/03/1945
Service No: 80836
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 265.
Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-11756575
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 4:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

On 23 March 1945 a strike force of forty two Mosquitos and Twelve Mustangs attacked shipping at Stadlandet, Aslesund and Dalsfjord in Norway.
Mosquito "W" of 235 Squadron (based at RAF Banff) attacked shipping in Dalsfjord, and was seen to crash into the sea. Flying Officer Turner is buried in Trondheim (Stavne) Cemetery in Norway, and a plaque was erected near his grave in memory of Squadron Leader Reid, whose body was not recovered.
(Source: Sorties Flown By RAF Banff Strike Wing 1943 – 1945)
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