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Name: F G REID
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 887 Squadron
Ship/station: 24th Naval Fighter Wing, Ballyherbert, Northern Ireland
Date of death: 1944-03-12
Aircraft: Seafire III LR 846
Place of death: At sea, near Ballyherbert, Northern Ireland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 9
Family details: Son of Robert Theodore and Kathleen Lena Reid, of Bayswater, Auckland, New Zealand. His brother Ian Lauries Reid died 3 July 1941 whilst flying with 75 (NZ) Sqn, RAF and their only other brother, Derek, had died previously in a football accident
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 887 Squadron
Ship/station: 24th Naval Fighter Wing, Ballyherbert, Northern Ireland
Date of death: 1944-03-12
Aircraft: Seafire III LR 846
Place of death: At sea, near Ballyherbert, Northern Ireland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 9
Family details: Son of Robert Theodore and Kathleen Lena Reid, of Bayswater, Auckland, New Zealand. His brother Ian Lauries Reid died 3 July 1941 whilst flying with 75 (NZ) Sqn, RAF and their only other brother, Derek, had died previously in a football accident
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