Pilot Officer Maurice Cheyne Reid of Derry~Londonderry served in the Royal Air Force at his time of death in February 1944. His name is on the Malta Memorial.
Pilot Officer
178071
Pilot Officer Maurice Cheyne Reid (178071) served in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War. He was the son of William Irwin Reid and Sadie Reid of Derry~Londonderry.
Pilot Officer Reid died on 1st February 1944 aged 25 years old while serving in R.A.F. 14 Squadron. He was part of the crew of Martin B-26 Marauder I FK-142, R for Robert, named ‘Dominion Triumph’. The plane went down on a reconnaissance mission from Ghisonaccia, Corsica. Fellow Ulsterman Thomas Norman Gilchrist also died as a result of the crash.
F/Sgt Eagle completed a patrol from Grottaglie and F/O Yelloly and F/Sgt Reid commenced similar missions from Ghisonaccia. F/O Yelloly completed his sortie but F/Sgt Reid failed to return. The latters crew was as follows – F/Sgt Brown, W/O Western, F/Sgt Gilchrist, F/Sgt Carr and F/Sgt Daley. Five ground personnel arrived as reinforcements ay Grottaglie.
Pilot Officer Reid has no known grave and his name is on Panel 14, Column 1 of the Malta Memorial, Malta.