Studio portrait of 409224 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Brian Clapham Reid, observer, 101 Squadron ...

Accession Number P04309.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 409224 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Brian Clapham Reid, observer, 101 Squadron RAAF. Flt Sgt Reid, of Wodonga, Vic, enlisted on 20 July 1941. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) for 'Outstanding ability as Navigator' on 21 October 1943. Flt Sgt Reid later transferred to 460 Squadron, and was killed in action during a flying battle over Germany on 12 December 1944.

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