William (Bill) Reid
born 21.12.1921 Baillieston,Glasgow
educated Swinton Primary School
educated Coatbridge Higher Grade School
RAFVR
pilot training,Canada
Pilot Officer June 1942
Little Rissington
OTU,North Luffenham
1654 CU July 1943
61 Squadron September 1943
A/Flight Lt
WIA 3.11.1943 over Dusseldorf,Germany
awarded V.C. (14.12.1943)
hospital
617 Squadron (C Flight) January 1944
Flight Lt
pilot
Lancaster ME557
Rilly-la-Montagne,France (railway tunnel)
hit by bombs from above and crashed 1,000 metres east of Germaine,Marne,France 31.7.1944
POW - Stalag III-A,Luckenwalde
released 1945
demobilised 1946
graduated University of Glasgow 1949
graduated West of Scotland Agricultural College
agricultural adviser
retired 1981
married Violet Gallagher 1952 (2 children)
died 28.11.2001 Crieff,Perthshire
Crieff Cemetery
