In Memory Of
REID, DONALD THOMAS EWEN
Service Details
Age:
21
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
778394
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit:
19 Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Date of Death:
1942-02-12
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Spitfire Vb AD332, Operation 'Fuller' was the name given to attack the two battle cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the cruiser Prinz Eugen that left the port of Brest to journey up the Englaish Channel to Norway. The convoy were heavily protected by large numbers from the Luftwaffe and many air battles took place with heavy losses on both sides. It is thought that he was shot down by Me 109's from JG26. The body of Sgt Reid was recovered from the sea
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Grave 267.
Cemetery:
SCOTTOW CEMETERY
Localitly:
Norfolk
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Dr. William Ewen Reid and Kathleen Reid, of Stutterheim, Cape Province, South Africa. Commemoration stone in Stutterheim Cemetery, Eastern Cape
