JAMES W. REID.
Pilot · 330th Squadron · Of Tulia, TX, TX.
The man.
Assigned to 93rd Bomb Group, 330th Sqdn. Piloted B-24s. Completed 35 combat missions plus 4 ferry/trucking missions. Battles and campaigns included Northern France, Ardennes, Central Europe, and Germany.
Service record.
Before and after.
Born in Tulia, TX. Enlisted in Army Air Corps December 1942 at age 19 while attending Texas A&M College. Returned to Texas A&M in 1946 to finish his degree in petroleum engineering.
Returned to States Easter Sunday 1945; assigned to 4th Ferry Command in Memphis, TN; attended Instructor Instrument School at Lubbock AAF; ferried war-weary B-24s to junkyards and also ferried L-5s and C-54s. Discharged December 1945 as first lieutenant. Received Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with five Oak Leaf Clusters. Married; four sons, two daughters (one son deceased), 12 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren. His father served in WWI as a Jenny Pilot and in WWII as a Link Trainer Instructor.