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HM Troopship Dorsetshire - boarding at Southampton September 1927

Crash of 6 Squadron BE2d Serial 6241 March 1917

Ma'Asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery Grave Utilisation

A recent query concerned Flying Officer Ellis Reid, a pilot who served with No 1 (Fighting) Squadron during the time the squadron was based at RAF Hinaidi in Iraq between April 1921 and November 1926 (at which time No 1 Squadron was disbanded). F/O Reid was with No 1 Squadron for less than two months before he was killed in a flying accident on the 12th November 1942 and buried at the Ma'Asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery, Baghdad in Plot 3 Row H Grave 5. Here is a summary of his