Brian Clapham REID DFC

REID, Brian Clapham

Service Numbers: 409224, V65441
Enlisted: 21 August 1940
Last Rank: Flying Officer
Last Unit: No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Wodonga, Victoria, Australia, 2 February 1920
Home Town: Burwood, Whitehorse, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Flying Battle, Germany, 13 December 1944, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany
Plot 13. Row G. Plot 13. Local Roll of Honour- Melbourne Vic.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flying Officer, 409224
21 Aug 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V65441, 6th Field Ambulance
20 Jul 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 409224
20 Jul 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 409224
21 Oct 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 409224, No. 101 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
21 Oct 1943: Honoured Distinguished Flying Cross, Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Awarded DFC ‘for outstanding ability as a Navigator’
12 Dec 1944: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 409224, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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