Photo: Colin Summerson
S.S. Reah
Pilot
Royal Air Force
14th October 1943 Age 20
With courage and a smile
He answered the call,
His duty nobly done.
Simon Glancey has submitted the following:
Sgt. Reah was killed when de Havilland Mosquito B. Mk. IV JH817 of 60 O.T.U. (Operational Training Unit) crashed on a training flight. The unit’s O.R.B. (Operational Record Book) records that the Mosquito crashed at Elliston Farm Coalville, Leicestershire in bad weather, killing both crew members.
