LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Donald Alan REID
Service No: 434012
Born: Brisbane QLD, 26 January 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 9 October 1942
Unit: No. 207 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Spilsby
Died: Air Operations: (No. 207 Squadron Lancaster aircraft PD322), Germany, 6 December 1944, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Rheinberg War Cemetery, Kamp Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of David Alan and Elma May Reid, of Ashgrove, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Ashgrove QLD
Remembered: Panel 129, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1552 hours on the night of 5 December 1944 Lancaster PD322 took off from Spilsby detailed to bomb Giessen, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and failed to return to base. The aircraft crashed with four of the crew members killed and three taken as Prisoners of War.
The crew members of PD322 were:
Sergeant Eric John Gibson (1894952) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Flying Officer Bryan John Henderson (425849) (Pilot)
Sergeant P W Hornfeck (1337114) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner) PoW
Sergeant R A Massey-Shaw (1456649) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber) PoW
Flying Officer William McQuade (154653) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Flight Sergeant Donald Alan Reid (434012) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant J F Taylor (986389) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer) PoW
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/35/422