John M. Reed                                                                                           Updated: 04 MAR 2021

Airman: e777450.htm Surname: Reed Init: J M Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 405

P_link: p041.htm Plane: WEL W5527 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d020841 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Kl. 22.35 den 2. august 1941 lettede WEL W5527 fra RAF Pocklington på et bombetogt mod Hamburg.
Flyet styrtede i Nordsøen. Der var ingen overlevende. (Kilde: p041MACR)

Sergeant John Moorby Reed, 22 år, var søn af Thomas Edgar og Dorothy Reed, Nelson, Lancashire, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 51 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

"Sgt McKenzie blev fundet inddrevet ved Husby Klit (omkring her) den 23. august 1941. Begravelsen foretaget af pastor J. Bendsen den 26. august 1941." (FAF)

1 flyver fra WEL W5527 blev begravet i Lemvig. 5 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.
6 flyvere.

At 22.35 hrs. on 2 August 1941 WEL W5527 took off from RAF Pocklington on a bombing raid targeting Hamburg.
It crashed in the North Sea. There were no survivors. (Source: MACR)

Sergeant John Moorby Reed, 22, was the son of Thomas Edgar and Dorothy Reed, of Nelson, Lancashire, United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 51, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 231.

Sgt McKenzie was washed ashore at Husby Klit (about here) on 23 August 1941. On 26 August 1941 Vicar J. Bendsen officiated at the graveside ceremony in Lemvig. (Source: FAF)

1 airman from WEL W5527 was buried in Lemvig. 5 airmen have no known grave.

Wellington II W5527 LQ-F took off from RAF Pocklington at 22.35 hrs. on 02 AUG 1941. (Source: p041MACR * Aircrew Remembered has this).
See No. 6 Group and the Canadian Squadrons *
No. 405 (Vancouver) Squadron)

6 airmen.