Reid, John Alexander
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | John Alexander |
Surname | Reid |
Gender | M |
Age | 27 |
Date of Death | 24-08-1943 |
Next of Kin | Husband of Irene Evelyn Reid (née Andrews), whom he married in July 1941. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster lll |
Serial Number | JA927 |
Markings | OL-O |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 5. L. 31-34. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 89 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 144464 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 83 |
Squadron Motto | Strike to defend |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton Memorial Garden, Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the Pathfinder Sqns operating from RAF Wyton, 1942-1945 |
Location | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating 83 Sqn Lancaster, one of the Pathfinder Sqn's operating from RAF Wyton 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Michaels's Church, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Plaque & 83 Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | This Chapel was furnished by members and friends of 83 Pathfinder Sqn and is dedicated to the memory of those airmen who lost their lives on flying operations from RAF Coningsby in WWII |
Miscellaneous Information
Worked as a police officer for Birmingham City Police before enlisting |
Born 9 July 1916 at Knockando, Moray, Scotland. Before enlisting John was a Police Constable in Birmingham. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/687/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/687/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 23-08-1943 |
End Date | 24-08-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Wyton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (37% moon) |
Operation | Berlin |
Reason for Loss | Hit by Flak and crashed at Nachst Neuendorf, 3 km NW of Zossen. |