Reid, Thomas Muir (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-February-26

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Birth Date: 1924

Born:

Parents: Son of Robert and Catherine Muir Reid, of Dykehead, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

7 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School

Base

Paulson, Manitoba, Canada

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Service Numbers

1570318

Final Burial

Riverside Cemetery
Lot C Sec 6 Block 6

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Crew or Other Personnel

Bolingbroke 9890

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Stanley David Gaunce RCAF

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Gaunce, Stanley David (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-February-26
Berwick Cemetery, Berwick, New Brunswick, Canada

Leading Aircraftman James Alexander Kinloch RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Kinloch, James Alexander (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1944-February-26
Riverside Cemetery, Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada

Sergeant Roy Eugene Pickard RCAF

Sergeant Pickard, Roy Eugene (RCAF)
armourer
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-February-26
Riverside Cemetery, Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Thomas Muir Reid RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Reid, Thomas Muir (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1944-February-26
Riverside Cemetery, Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada

Accident Card - Bristol Bolingbroke Mk. IVT serial:9890

This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1944-February-26. They are: Bolingbroke IVT s/n 9890, Lysander Mk. IIIA TT s/n 2392.

This accident involved 6 people. Gaunce SD, Kinloch JA, Pickard RE, Pickering RH, Reid TM, Wiggins WT

This accident had 4 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Thomas Muir Reid RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1570318 Bolingbroke 9890, Leading Aircraftman James Alexander Kinloch RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1584364 Bolingbroke 9890, Warrant Officer 2nd Class Stanley David Gaunce RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/126261 Bolingbroke 9890, Sergeant Roy Eugene Pickard RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/143310 Bolingbroke 9890

Unit Desciption

7 BGS (7 Bomb and Gunnery School)

The Bombing and Gunnery School (B&GS) offered instruction in the techniques of bomb aiming and aerial machine gunnery to Air Observers, Bomb Aimers, and Wireless Air Gunners. These schools required large areas to accommodate their bombing and gunnery ranges, and were often located near water. The Avro Anson, Fairey Battle, Bristol Bolingbroke, and Westland Lysander were the standard aircraft used at B&GS schools.