Reid, D (Flying Officer)

Evader 1944-August-08

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RCAF

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90 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Flying Officer

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J/25533
PoW: 85894

Target
Google MapMare-de-Magne France

Took off from Tuddenham at 21:35 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code WP-G Bomber Command) on an operation to bomb a strong point in the Normandy Battle Zone.

Hit by Flak and crashed at Clarbec (Calvados) 13 Km NNW of Lisieux.

Killed: F/Lt Leonard Arthur French RAF KIA Clarbec Churchyard, France

POWs: Sergeant Denis Bernard Cassell RAF POW Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia.

Flying Officer D Reid RCAF J/25533 Evaded then POW camp not listed.

Evaders: Flying Officer Gordon Leslie Smith RAF Evader. Flight Sergeant H M Kiddie RCAF R/203424 Evader. Flight Sergeant R M Kiddie RCAF R/number Evader. Sergeant C Gold RAF Evader. Sergeant W J Henderson RAF Evader.