Air Vice Marshal Sir George Ranald MacFarlane Reid, KCB, DSO, MC & Bar (25 October 1893 – 19 May 1991), known as Sir Ranald Reid, was a Scottish senior officer of the Royal Air Force.
He began his career in aviation in the First World War with the Royal Flying Corps after transferring from the Black Watch.
He rose through a series of command positions in the RAF to become a consequential participant in the Second World War.
[1] Reid began his military career in the Officer Training Corps prior to the First World War.
He was commissioned a temporary second lieutenant in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on 15 August 1914, in the early days of the war.
[7] With 20 Squadron, Reid used a slightly newer FE.2d with Lieutenant Laurence H. Scott as his gunner; the pair scored six more wins between 29 July and 21 October 1916.
[5][9] On 10 February 1917, Reid was promoted to temporary major, a squadron command rank in wartime.
Over the next year and a half, the squadron would move from the Western Front to Germany and on to Egypt, renumbering as No.
[12][13] On 25 March 1933, he began duty as Air Attaché to the United States, in Washington, D.C.[2] In 1934, was engaged to his future wife, Miss Leslie Livermore Wright, granddaughter of former United States Senator William D. Washburn of Minnesota.
[20] Reid's return to England saw him posted as Air Officer Administration at Headquarters Flying Training Command on 18 July 1941.
[2] Reid retired on 20 January 1946, having faithfully served his country for 32 years and through two world wars.