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On the night of November the 3rd. 1943, Flight Lieutenant
Bill Reid took his
No. 61 Squadron Lancaster off to join a raid on Dusseldorf. En
route the aircraft was attacked by an Me110, shattering the Lancaster's
windshield, damaging the elevator and wounding Reid in the head.
Despite his injury Reid carried on and was later attacked again
, this time by a Focke Wulf 190. In this attack the navigator
was killed, the wireless operator fatally injured, much damage
was caused to the Lancaster and Reid was wounded again. Still
Reid carried on to the target where the bomb-aimer was able to
drop on target. Surviving heavy AA fire on the return journey
Reid bought the battered Lancaster home, where one undercarriage
leg collapsed on landing.
For his great courage and tenacity Bill Reid was awarded the
Victoria Cross.
Signed by: Bill Reid - Wilf Burnett - Sir Ivor Broom - Tony Iveson
- Stan Bradford
Dudly Burnside - Lawrence Curtis - William Farquharson - Robert
Knights
Douglas Newham - Kenneth Wolstenholme - Dennis Woolley. |
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