[Alain57]

Hello ,

Here some info on S/L Reid :

28/10/1944 Maldegem Belgium
Spitfire IX B
MK-453
91Sqn
DL-
Biggin Hill

S/L Reid Georges St Clair Boyd ( KIA ) 41465 RAF 1918
In the Bogaerdstraat ( Bogaerdstreet ) in Maldegem province East Flanders Belgium an airplane crashed during the war. Boudewijn De Schepper, Frank Raeman and Fernad Elias decided to solve the mistery in 1996.Searching with a metal detector told them that there was an aircraft .The day after they started their research and very soon pieces of he aircraft were found , but also … the body of the pilot , his boots still on the rudderpedals. Also his wristwatch , cigarette lighter were found. At a dept of 4 meters the engine was found. Who was the pilot , looking at the uniform peices found it was a squadron leader .Four months later the identity of the squadron was found . It was the 27 years old Canadian pilot George St Clair Boyd Reid, who flew already in the RAF before the war. After the war at Slijpe on the belgian coast a pilot was buried under the name off Squadron Leader Reid. Fifty years later the remains of S/L Reid were found and the man buried at Slijpe will stay unknown. In 1996 S/L Reid was laid to rest at the Canadian War Cemetery at Adegem.

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Alain57