Birth Date: 1916-May-10
Born: Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland
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Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
158 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Strength In Unity
Base
RAF East Moor
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Bomb Aimer
Service Numbers
1053920
PoW: 27107
Bremen Germany
Sergeant John Joseph "Jack" Reid (RAFVR) evaded capture briefly and was help by Dutch locals until he was captured 1942-09-16 at Wolvega, Netherlands and sent to Stalag 344
Footprints on the Sands of Time, RAF Bomber Command Prisoners of War in Germany 1939-45 by Oliver Clutton-Brock page 389
158 Squadron Association - Personnel Detail
158 Squadron (Strength in unity) RAF East Moor. Halifax Mk II aircraft BB 205 NP-B was lost returning from an operation against targets in Bremen, Germany. Having been coned by the searchlights of 2/Reserve Flakscheinwerfer Ableilung 269 (Werfer 28)and struck by flak from 1 & 2/Schwere Flak Ableitung 163 (v), 1-3/Reserve Flak Abteilung 615, 1/Reserve Flak Abteilung 607 and 3 Reserve Flak Abteilung 265 as it passed over Bremen. The Halifax was not shot down but the damaged engines later forced the crew to abandon the aircraft over the Netherlands before it crashed at Ter Idzard
Warrant Officer 1st Class Clarence Albert Hunt (RCAF), Flight Sergeant Leroy John Soper (RCAF), Sergeant Robert Henry Dawson Bren (RAFVR), Sergeant Reginald James Cantillon (RAFVR), Sergeant David Fozzard Readman (RAFVR), Sergeant John Joseph Reid (RAFVR) and Sergeant Frederick Caldwell (RAFVR) all survived to be taken as Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years Part 3, 30 May - 31 December 1942 by Theo Boiten, page 93
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
158 Squadron (Strength in unity) RAF East Moor. Halifax Mk II aircraft BB 205 NP-B was lost returning from an operation against targets in Bremen, Germany. Having been coned by the searchlights of 2/Reserve Flakscheinwerfer Ableilung 269 (Werfer 28)and struck by flak from 1 & 2/Schwere Flak Ableitung 163 (v), 1-3/Reserve Flak Abteilung 615, 1/Reserve Flak Abteilung 607 and 3 Reserve Flak Abteilung 265 as it passed over Bremen. The Halifax was not shot down but the damaged engines later forced the crew to abandon the aircraft over the Netherlands before it crashed at Ter Idzard
Warrant Officer 1st Class Clarence Albert Hunt (RCAF), Flight Sergeant Leroy John Soper (RCAF), Sergeant Robert Henry Dawson Bren (RAFVR), Sergeant Reginald James Cantillon (RAFVR), Sergeant David Fozzard Readman (RAFVR), Sergeant John Joseph Reid (RAFVR) and Sergeant Frederick Caldwell (RAFVR) all survived to be taken as Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years Part 3, 30 May - 31 December 1942 by Theo Boiten, page 93
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
