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REID, William
UK, Soldiers Awards from the London Gazette, 1898-1944
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Full Name
REID, William
Date Of Birth
21 Dec 1921
Age
21
Birth Place
Glasgow
Nationality
British
Resided Place
Scotland
Date
3 Nov 1943
Date Of Death
28 Nov 2001
Fate
Prisoner of War, PoW no. 6960
Incident Details
Crashed near Germaine (Marne)
Incident Date
31 Jul 1944
Incident Time
1751
Information
Based at RAF Woodhall Spa with 617 Squadron, 1944. PoW camp Stalag Luft III, Sagan, (now Poland)
Rank Name
Acting Flight Lieutenant
Service Number
124438
Gazette Date
1943
Gazette Page
5702 (V.C.); Issue: 30122 (V.C.)
Duty Location
Rilly-la-Montagne, France; Near Dusseldorf, Germany
Service
Royal Air Force
Squadron/Unit
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Squadron
61 Squadron
Crew
Flight Lieutenant William Reid, V.C.
Command
Bomber Command
Aircraft Mark
I
Aircraft Code
KC-S
Aircraft Type
Lancaster
Aircraft Serial
ME557
Place of Death
Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland
Conflict Period
World War II
Served For
United Kingdom
award
Air Crew Europe Star Medal
award
War Medal 1939 - 1945
award
1939-1945 Star
award
Victoria Cross (VC)
unit
Royal Air Force
unit
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Publication Title
UK, Soldiers Awards from the London Gazette, 1898-1944
Content Source
London Gazette
Last Updated
31 Oct 2023
Description
The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the United Kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published.
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