Kingston, Ontario
53 Squadron. Liberator aircraft lost.
Addendum: . Liberator aircraft BZ 878 failed to return from an anti-sub patrol over the Bay of Biscay. Sgt. J.M. Thomlinson, F/0.s W.L. Englert, D.A. Rowat, A.G. Archibald (RAAF), R.S,H. Browning (RAF), FS. A. Campbell (RAF), and Sgt. D.F. Taylor (RAF) were also killed.
Reid, William Francis (Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1944-February-05
Birth Date: 1921-November-05
Born: Napanee, Ontario
Parents: Son of William Henry and Gertrude May Reid, of Kingston, Ontario, Canada; husband of Kathleen Jessie Reid (nee Vinkle).
Spouse: Husband of Kathleen Jessie Reid (nee Vinkle).
Home: Kingston, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
53 Sqn- Squadron
Base
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Wireless Air Gunner
Service Numbers
R/180999
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Liberator serial: BZ878
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Consolidated Liberator G.R. Mk. VIII, RCAF (Serial No. 11130) ex-USAAF Consolidated (Vultee) B-24L Liberator USAAF (44-50154)
ex-RAF (Serial No. 5009), ex-Indian Air Force (Serial No. HE773).
Currently preserved in the Canada Aviation and Space Museum Ottawa Ontario.
Consolidated Liberator G.R. Mk. VIII, RCAF (Serial No. 11130) ex-USAAF Consolidated (Vultee) B-24L Liberator USAAF (44-50154)
ex-RAF (Serial No. 5009), ex-Indian Air Force (Serial No. HE773).
Currently preserved in the Canada Aviation and Space Museum Ottawa Ontario.
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American heavy bomber flown by the RCAF during the Second Word War. It was designed with a shoulder-mounted, high aspect ratio Davis wing which gave the Liberator a high cruise speed, long range and the ability to carry a heavy bomb load. Early RAF Liberators were the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic Ocean as a matter of routine. In comparison with its contemporaries the B-24 was relatively difficult to fly and had poor low speed performance; it also had a lower ceiling compared with the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Of the roughly 18,500 B-24s built in the USA during the war, 148 were flown by the RCAF on long range anti-submarine patrols, with the B-24 serving an instrumental role in closing the Mid-Atlantic gap in the Battle of the Atlantic. The RCAF also flew a few B-24s post war as transports.
Roughly half of all (RAF) Liberator crews in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theatre were Canadian by the end of the war. John Muir of Vancouver flew the longest mission of the war: 24hrs, 10mins from Ceylon to Burma and back. (Kyle Hood) Harold Skaarup web page
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