Reid, Harold Gordon (Warrant Officer 1)

Killed in Action 1944-January-04

Warrant Officer 1 Harold Gordon Reid RCAF

Birth Date: 1920-July-07

Born: Edmonton, Alberta

Parents: Alfred Gordon Reid & Catherine Elizabeth Reid

Spouse:

Home: Edmonton, Alberta (parents)

Enlistment: Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment Date: 1941-February-07

Service

RCAF

Unit

221 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
From Sea To Sea

Base

RAF Lahar, Malta

Rank

Warrant Officer 1

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/92101

Home
Google MapEdmonton, Alberta (parents)
Temporary Burial
Google MapUs Military Cemetery At Palermo, Sicily

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapCatania War Cemetery
I H 36-38 (Collective Grave)

Took off from Lahar on an anti-submarine patrol.

Aircraft crashed nine miles south of Cape Orlando, Sicily at Gelati Mamertino.

Killed includes Reid: Flying Officer William Freeman Campbell RCAF J/22247 KIA Agira Canadian War Cemetery, Enna, Sicily Flight Sergeant Walter Downes Cock RAAF 421344 KIA Catania War Cemetery, Sicily, Coll. Graves I. H. 36-38. Flight Sergeant Carol James Daley RAAF 414537 KIA Catania War Cemetery, Sicily, Grave II. H. 37. Flight Sergeant Henry Leonard Walker RAAF 413917 KIA Catania War Cemetery, Sicily, Coll. grave I. H. 36-38 Flight Sergeant Gordon George Wilde RNZAF 403241 KIA Catania War Cemetery, Sicily, grave II. H. 39.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)