F/Lt Bill Reid VC

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3 November 1943 Lancaster (serial LM360) Has anybody the crew list for the night F/Lt Bill Reid was awarded his VC , many reports of the night and the action. Two crew are listed as KIA but no other names are listed.

Shaun

[Delmenhorst]

Lancaster LM360
F/Lt W Reid Captain
Sgt J W Norris Flt Eng
F/S J S Jeffries Nav
Sgt L G Rolton AB
F/S J J MAnn WT/AG
F/S G Baldwin AG 1
F/S A F Emerson AG 2

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F/S J S Jeffries Nav & F/S J J Mann WT/AG being the fatalities ?

[Col Bruggy]

Hello,

3/4-11-1943
No.61 Squadron RAF
Lancaster III LM360:QR-O
Op: Dusseldorf.

124438 A/F/L (Pilot) William REID RAFVR (VC, LG:14-12-1943 - 61 Sqn.)
1411327 F/Sgt (Flt.Eng.) James William NORRIS RAFVR (CGM[F], LG:3-12-1943 - 61 Sqn.))
AUS415149 F/Sgt (Nav.) John Alan JEFFREYS RAAF + 3-11-1943
131192 F/Sgt (Bomb Aimer) Leslie George ROLTON RAFVR (later DFC, LG:2-6-44 - 61 Sqn.)
1199260 F/Sgt (W.Op.) John James MANN RAFVR + DoW 5-11-1943
1477967 F/Sgt (MUG) Cyril BALDWIN RAFVR (later DFM, LG:2-6-1944 - 61 Sqn.)
1601179 F/Sgt (Air Gnr.) Arthur Frank EMERSON RAFVR (later DFM, LG:18-1-1944 - 61 Sqn.)

Col.

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Thanks Col.