Reid, Harvey William

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Reid, Harvey William ‡ ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-684413 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #146 dated 17 November 1943, effective 17 November 1943.
Duty	Co-pilot
MOS	1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date	11 February 1944
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 15 November 1917
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 2529⇓ (12.848 MB) Accident Report # 43-11-30-519⇓ (7.554 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Smith, Roger Clement⇗	Pilot	INT
2nd Lt. Reid, Harvey William	Co-pilot	POW
Flt. Ofcr. Mittendorf, Ehrhard (NMI), Jr⇗	Navigator	POW
2nd Lt. Marquardt, George Marvin⇗	Bombardier	CT
S/SGT. Kendall, Earl Frank⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	INT
S/SGT. Kaminski, Bruno (NMI)⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	INT
SGT. Danko, Charles Gabriel⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	INT
S/SGT. Green, Jesse Britten⇗	Tail Gunner	INT
SGT. Boney, Chester Joseph⇗	Flexible Gunner	INT
S/SGT. Hamilton, Gerald Thorwald⇗	Flexible Gunner	INT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 9 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
--	30 November 1943	None Non-combat sortie	Pilot	42‑5747⇗	DeFrees and minimal crew were ferrying the aircraft from Little Staughton to Grafton Underwood. The left landing gear was damaged when the aircraft landed short and hard. He was instructed to return to Little Staughton and crash-land there. Sortie Report⇗
42⇗	13 December 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑37793⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗
44⇗	20 December 1943	Target: Port Area/Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany	Co-pilot	41‑24525⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Attlebridge due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗
45⇗	22 December 1943	Target: Steel Shops/Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Osnabrück, Germany	Co-pilot	41‑24525⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
47⇗	30 December 1943	Target: I. G. Farben Industrie, Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑37776⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back at 1042 hrs because nose and windshields were completely blocked out by frost and throwing oil; 12x500GP rtd Sortie Report⇗
48⇗	31 December 1943	Target: Blockade Runner 'Orsone' (name of ship) Type: Transportation Location: [Mouth of River Garonne], France	Co-pilot	41‑24525⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Kimbolton; bombs jettisoned. Sortie Report⇗
51⇗	7 January 1944	Target: Powerhouse Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑39784⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Flying spare. Became separated from formation in dense clouds after group assembly; failed to make wing rendezvous. Sortie Report⇗
52⇗	11 January 1944	Target: Ju-88 Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑29651⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
54⇗	21 January 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France	Co-pilot	42‑29688⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off 41B Group. Turned back over base as prop governor on #4 engine broke and had to be feathered. Sortie Report⇗
55⇗	29 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑39809⇗	Combat Mission Credit Returned Early Low group. Turned back at 1019 hrs due to pilot's illness. Bombs jettisoned in Channel. Sortie Report⇗
56⇗	30 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑37801⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group high Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
61⇗	8 February 1944	Target: Piston Ring Factory Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑39962⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
62⇗	11 February 1944	Target: Propeller Factory (Foundry) Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑39962⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Last seen approaching French Coast making a left turn losing altitude, going into a steep spiral and into a dive at 10,000 ft; fire in bomb-bay, from several accounts in the MACR; crashed near Saint-Vaast-d'Équiqueville, France. MACR 2529 Sortie Report⇗

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