Reid,J.W.("windy") D.F.C. RCAF/RAF Group Captain WW2
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Shot down 2 confirmed He177 near Le Havre on 13/14 June 1944 and a Ju 88 south of Rouen on 25/26 July 1944.
His aircraft on the first occasion was MM560 KP-F, on the second MM587, both NFXIIIs.
The other two were probables as there were no explosions seen on the gun cameras.I prefer to believe my dad.
Group Captain J.W. (Windy) Reid D.F.C. (U.S.A.)
-instructor RCAF Central Flying School
-RAF Ferry Command
-Wing Commander RCAF409 Night Fighter Squadron
-RAF 1425 Flight
-RAF 511 Squadron
-Wing Commander 442 "City of Vancouver" Squadron
-Wing Commander 401 "City of Westmount" Squadron
In his personal logbook he has over 50 types of military aircraft that he flew before and during the war.
His aircraft on the first occasion was MM560 KP-F, on the second MM587, both NFXIIIs.
The other two were probables as there were no explosions seen on the gun cameras.I prefer to believe my dad.
Group Captain J.W. (Windy) Reid D.F.C. (U.S.A.)
-instructor RCAF Central Flying School
-RAF Ferry Command
-Wing Commander RCAF409 Night Fighter Squadron
-RAF 1425 Flight
-RAF 511 Squadron
-Wing Commander 442 "City of Vancouver" Squadron
-Wing Commander 401 "City of Westmount" Squadron
In his personal logbook he has over 50 types of military aircraft that he flew before and during the war.
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Old Friends and other stuff ! 70 years of personal memories about my involvement in aviation. Some of which was told to me but most things I actually remember.
You guys might find it interesting and I want to get it down before I forget !
You guys might find it interesting and I want to get it down before I forget !
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You might say that I was born into aviation on Nov 15,1940 at Barrie Ontario near Camp Borden ,where my dad was a RCAF flying instructor.
On that day my dad, on the pretext of "checking the air for night flying students", he did a "Victory roll" over the hospital . This of course was told to me but I know that it is accurate as I have his original RCAF logbook.
On that day my dad, on the pretext of "checking the air for night flying students", he did a "Victory roll" over the hospital . This of course was told to me but I know that it is accurate as I have his original RCAF logbook.
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This may be getting a bit confusing. JLW was re-built in Montreal as a model D4D,then it went with dad to Toronto ,then to his snowbird home in Daytona Beach.After his death it was donated to the Canadian Warplane Heritage in Hamilton .Many years later it was disassembled and trucked to the Reynolds Museum in Alberta, where it was converted back to a D4000 and got a new paint job more in keeping with its antique style.
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Why bother ? You know we all get pretty blase about our own history, as we are all so busy just living it.How many times though have you heard, damn wouldn't it be nice to have a description or picture of this or that ? That exact color of .............or whatever.
Future historians will have it a lot easier to get the facts right than in the past but for the flavor of the times you need eye witness accounts.The first hundred years of aviation or anything else to do with that century of rapid innovation, will in the future be of very keen interest to a lot of people.I think that it is important to get this stuff down and stored somewhere in cyberspace ,while you can !
Future historians will have it a lot easier to get the facts right than in the past but for the flavor of the times you need eye witness accounts.The first hundred years of aviation or anything else to do with that century of rapid innovation, will in the future be of very keen interest to a lot of people.I think that it is important to get this stuff down and stored somewhere in cyberspace ,while you can !