In Memory Of

TREBLE, TERENCE BRYCE

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 778839
Rank:
 Sergeant
Unit:
 142 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1942-09-09
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Wellington IV Z1342, took off from Grimsby at 20:23. The mission was to bomb Frankfurt. On their return, they had problems with the motor and at 04:20 the aircraft ditched into the English Channel. It was a rough ditching. The aircraft broke in two just aft of the main spar and sank in seconds. Taylor had established radio contact with the DF stations and took ditching positions just before the aircraft crashed about 12 miles from the French coast. The entire crew except rear gunner Sgt.T.B.Treble managed to get out of the aircraft and into the dinghy. The latter, who came from South Africa, went down with the tail section
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 95.
Cemetery:
 RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Surrey
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Clifford John and Ella Dorothy Treble. Native of South Africa.