F/S A G Reid

Flight Sergeant Arthur George Reid (Air Gunner) was the son of

F/S Reid  died after Towing Horsa Glider PF753 (testing new crew). Shot down by a German intruder and crashed along the Old Roman Road near Great Dunmow.

Stirling IV – LK276 of 190 Sqn. Towing Horsa Glider PF753 (testing new crew). Shot down by a German intruder and crashed along the Old Roman Road near Great Dunmow. (Not listed by Chorley’s Bomber Command Losses because not Bomber Command). Crew also killed: F/O J.I. Kidgell, RAAF 410499 – F/O W.W.D’A. Brain, RNZAF 423365 – Sgt H. Holt, 2209061 – F/O N. Woods, 176742 – F/Sgt R.D. Payne, 1391069 and F/Sgt R.M. Dauncey, 1431216. (Air Britain: Hit trees and cables in circuit near Great Dunmow and crashed, Newton Fields, Essex).

Name: 1800613 Flight Sergeant Arthur George Reid
Died: 21st November 1944
Grave: 20. D. 15.
Info: HIS IS NOT TO MAKE REPLY
Family: Son of Edward George and Amy Adeline Reid, of Montego Bay, Jamaica.