Sgt. Reid was serving in 24 O.T.U. He was a crew member of Whitley V EB347which took off from Long Marston on a training exercise. The aircraft crashed killing all on board.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses Vol. 7: Operational Training Units 1940-1947. W.R. Chorley; 2002; Midland Publishing; ISBN 1 85780 132 6
Kenneth Reid is remembered at Heaton Grammar School H91.02