Back REED Richard Irl
d. 20 Feb 1944 MACR 2664
Service Number R/67827
RCAF (US)
Date A/C Crew Duty Up Down Details of Sortie or Flight
07-Mar-42 P.7089 Sgt R.I. Reed Convoy Patrol 13:20 15:00 Nothing Seen.
08-Mar-42 P.7117 Sgt R.I. Reed Convoy Patrol 09:10 10:40 Nothing Seen.
15-Mar-42 P.7007 Sgt R.I. Reed Convoy Patrol 14:55 16:05 Nothing Seen.
19-Mar-42 P.7110 Sgt R.I. Reed Convoy Patrol 14:30 16:00 Nothing Seen.
22-Mar-42 P.7110 Sgt R.I. Reed Sweep of Irish Sea 10:30 12:10 Nothing Seen.
22-Mar-42 P.6991 Sgt R.I. Reed Sweep of Irish Sea 15:15 16:50 Nothing Seen.
02-Apr-42 P.7116 Sgt R.I. Reed Patrol 08:05 09:35 Patrol of Irish Sea
05-Apr-42 P.7110 Sgt R.I. Reed Convoy 09:30 10:50 Patrol of Irish Sea
05-Apr-42 P.7110 Sgt R.I. Reed Convoy 10:35 11:50 Patrol of Steward
10-Apr-42 P.7110 Sgt R.I. Reed Patrol 14:30 15:50 Patrol of Irish Sea to Saltees. Very wide echelon
15-Apr-42 P.7110 Sgt R.I. Reed Patrol 13:40 14:50 Saltee Patrol
15-Apr-42 P.7110 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Convoy 17:10 18:30 Saltee Patrol
16-Apr-42 P.7089 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Convoy 11:10 12:30  
16-Apr-42 P.7089 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Convoy 14:40 16:00  
21-Apr-42 P.7110 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Convoy 17:00 18:20  
21-Apr-42 P.7110 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Convoy 19:40 21:00  
22-Apr-42 P.7110 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Scramble 07:40 09:10  
06-May-42 P.7110 Sgt R.I. Reed Patrol Portreath & Falmouth (Royal visit) 08:00 20:20 Patrolled Cornwall for Royal visit
14-May-42 P.7110 Sgt R.I. Reed Scramble 17:50 18:40  
15-May-42 P.7110 Sgt R.I. Reed Scramble 09:25 09:55  
22-May-42 P.7090 Sgt R.I. Reed Scramble 21:00 21:56  
22-May-42 P.7110 Sgt R.I. Reed Scramble 08:00 10:00 Various vectors over Irish Sea in pursuit of e/a
24-May-42 P.7110 Sgt R.I. Reed Scramble 19:30 20:30  
20-Jun-42 P.7089 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Scramble 13:15 13:40 Plots were off Salters but faded before contact could be made.
28-Jun-42 P.7110 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Scramble 19:15 19:45 Black Blue and Green Sections were vectored hard after plots 20-60 miles S.W. of Base. They were also vectored on to each other and intercepted successfully but fortunately did not engage
30-Jun-42 P.7110 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Scramble 22:50 23:10 Nothing seen.
04-Jul-42 P.7000 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Patrol 18:15 19:40 Patrol to S. of Eire.
06-Jul-42 P.7110 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Scramble 19:50 20:50 No incident.
08-Jul-42 P.7110 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Patrol 09:55 11:15 Patrol to Carnsore and South
08-Jul-42 P.7000 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Scramble 19:45 20:50 No incident.
14-Jul-42 P.7110 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Patrol 20:10 21:05 Patrol South of Eire. The whole area between Angle and Eire and Lundy was swept, but unsuccessfully.
18-Jul-42 P.7000 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Patrol 20:15 21:20 Smalls Patrol.
18-Jul-42 P.7110 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Patrol 22:26 22:55 This was a similar operation to that of the fourteenth. Again no enemy aircraft were seen.
05-Aug-42 P.7110 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Convoy 10:00 11:05  
05-Aug-42 P.7110 F/Sgt R.I. Reed A/S Rescue Search 12:25 13:15 Search for Blenheim believed ditched off St. Davids Head. No trace seen.
09-Aug-42 P.7117 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Convoy 07:30 07:40 Sgt R. Reed on take off struck lorry stationary near runway. He was uninjured by aircraft Cat “AC”.
11-Aug-42 P.7110 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Convoy 18:55 19:05 Recalled as ships were in Milford Haven.
17-Aug-42 P.7056 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Patrol 17:00 17:30 Anti-Enemy Rhubarb Patrol off Bolt Head.
28-Aug-42 P.7059 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Scramble 09:25 10:05 Plots were good from Cherbourg at 20,000-30,000ft. The Whirlwinds which were scrambled struggled to 24,000 but saw nothing.
03-Sep-42 P.6995 F/Sgt R.I. Reed Scramble 11:05 11:45 Up from Colerne they were vectored South at 15,000 feet, and finding low cloud at base landed at Middle Wallop. No incident in either patrol
 See also the Summary Jun-Jul 42 tab