CREW MEMBER PROFILE |
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Surname: |
REID |
First Name/s: |
Allen James |
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Service No/s: |
R163276 J36936 |
Service: |
RCAF |
Branch: |
Air Bomber |
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Awards: |
1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp. |
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SERVICE RECORDS |
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Date |
Event |
Aircraft Flown |
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09 Oct 1942 |
No.1 Manning Depot, Toronto, Ontario |
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09 Nov 1942 |
No.11 Recruiting Centre, Toronto, Ontario. Probably awaiting call-up. |
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15 Jan 1943 |
No.1 Initial Training School, Toronto, Ontario |
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23 Jan 1943 |
No.1 Manning Depot, Toronto, Ontario |
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01 Feb 1943 |
No. 6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnville, Ontario |
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04 Feb 1943 |
Pre-Aircrew Education Course, Central Technical School, Toronto, Ontario. Recommended for air crew training. |
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06 Mar 1943 |
No. 6 Initial Training School, 74 Course, Toronto, Ontario |
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14 Mar 1943 |
Promoted to LAC on re-mustering as Navigator (Standard). |
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29 May 1943 |
No.5 Air Observers School, Winnipeg, Manitoba. |
Anson |
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15 Oct 1943 |
Commissioned as Pilot Officer. |
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29 Oct 1943 |
No.1 'Y' Depot, Halifax, Nova Scotia, for embarkation. |
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01 Nov 1943 |
Embarked Halifax, Nova Scotia (Vessel tbc) |
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09 Nov 1943 |
Disembarked in the United Kingdom (Port and vessel tbc). |
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10 Nov 1943 |
No.3 (RCAF) Personnel Reception Centre, Bournemouth. |
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29 Nov 1943 |
Air Crew Officers School, Sidmouth, Devon. Course finished on 23 December 1943. |
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29 Feb 1944 |
No.1 (Observers) Advanced Flying Unit, Wigtown, Scotland |
Anson |
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08 Apr 1944 |
No.82 Operational Training Unit, Ossington, Nottinghamshire. |
Wellington |
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15 Apr 1944 |
Promoted to Flying Officer |
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09 May 1944 |
No.83 Operational Training Unit, 17 Course, Peplow, Shropshire. Here he would have joined up with the Clewley crew. |
Wellington |
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03 Jul 1944 |
No.11 Base, Lindholme, Yorkshire, administrative base for conversion to heavy bombers. |
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04 Jul 1944 |
No.1662 Heavy Conversion Unit, Blyton, Lincolnshire. Here the crew would have been joined by their Flight Engineer, Sgt A J Taylor. |
Halifax |
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26 Aug 1944 |
No.1 Lancaster Finishing School, Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
Lancaster |
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31 Aug 1944 |
No.576 Squadron, 'A' Flight, Elsham Wolds |
Lancaster |
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07 Oct 1944 |
No.166 Squadron, Kirmington, accompanied by the rest of the Clewley crew. They flew the following operations there: |
Lancaster |
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04 Dec 1944 |
Lost on operations over Germany (Karlsruhe) in Lancaster ME318 (AS-E) of No.166 Squadron. Nothing was heard of the aircraft after take-off. The skipper, Pilot Officer Clewley was the sole survivor. The rest of the crew are buried in Durnbach War Cemetery. |
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576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS |
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Date |
Aircraft |
Code |
Flight Details |
T/O |
Land |
Flt Time |
Crew |
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01 Sep 1944 |
* |
Training |
nk |
nk |
4h30 |
P1 Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF |
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NOTES: |
Cross-country navigation exercise. Aircraft and timings not known. |
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03 Sep 1944 |
* |
Training |
nk |
nk |
4h55 |
P1 Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF |
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NOTES: |
Night cross-country navigation exercise. Aircraft and timings not known. |
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13 Sep 1944 |
* |
Training |
nk |
nk |
1h30 |
P1 Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF |
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NOTES: |
Bombing practice. Aircraft and timings not known. |
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16 Sep 1944 |
LM294 |
UL-G2 |
LEEUWARDEN |
0020 |
0350 |
3h30 |
P1 Sqn Ldr B.A. Templeman-Rooke |
NOTES: |
Target: Luftwaffe airfield. Flown in support of Operation MARKET GARDEN. Load: 20x 500lb bombs. This was the crew's skipper, Clewley's, 'second dickie' flight. There is a conflict of information between Templeman-Rooke's logbook and the Squadron ORB. I have listed the crew as given by T-Rooke. The ORB gives the crew as: T-Rooke, Ashton, Strand, Sollis, Holmes, Boyd, and West; T-Rooke's regular 'crew'. Barr's logbook also supports T-Rooke's. |
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18 Sep 1944 |
* |
Training |
nk |
nk |
2h50 |
P1 Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF |
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NOTES: |
'Y' (H2S) cross-country navigation exercise. Aircraft and timings not known. |
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19 Sep 1944 |
* |
Training |
nk |
nk |
0h35 |
P1 Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF |
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NOTES: |
Fighter affiliation. Aircraft and timings not known. |
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21 Sep 1944 |
* |
Training |
nk |
nk |
2h15 |
P1 Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF |
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NOTES: |
'Y' (H2S) cross-country navigation exercise. Aircraft and timings not known. |
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22 Sep 1944 |
* |
Training |
nk |
nk |
2h20 |
P1 Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF |
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NOTES: |
'Y' (H2S) cross-country navigation exercise. Aircraft and timings not known. |
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28 Sep 1944 |
NF975 |
UL-J2 |
CALAIS |
0800 |
1125 |
3h25 |
P1 Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF |
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Target: Military installations to the south-east of the town. Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. The target was obscured by cloud so the Master Bomber ordered crews to return to base with their bombs. |
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03 Oct 1944 |
PD271 |
UL-T2 |
WESTKAPELLE |
1310 |
1610 |
3h00 |
P1 Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF |
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Target: Walcheren Island sea wall. Flown in support of Operation INFATUATE. Load: 1x 4000lb 'cookie', 6x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs. |
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04 Oct 1944 |
* |
Training |
nk |
nk |
3h45 |
P1 Plt Off G.C. Clewley RCAF |
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'Y' (H2S) cross-country navigation exercise. Aircraft and timings not known. This was the crew's last flight on 576 Squadron before being posted to 166 Squadron at Kirmington. |
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