LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Terence Francis Breen McKENNA
Service No: 405162
Born: Port Moresby PNG, 11 December 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 2 February 1941 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: No. 49 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Scampton
Died: Air Operations: (No. 49 Squadron Manchester aircraft L7387), North Sea, 20 June 1942, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Kviberg Cemetery, Sweden
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Joseph Bernard and Mary Ligoria McKenna, of Port Moresby, Papua
Roll of Honour: Port Moresby PNG
Remembered: Panel 126, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1000 hours on 20 June 1942 Manchester L7387 Scampton to carry out a search in an area 53.40N to 53.50N and 001.40E to 003.00E. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it did not return to base. Two bodies were later washed ashore. The remaining crew members were presumed to have lost their lives at sea and have no known graves.
The crew members of L7387 were:
Sergeant Keith Allen (401359) (Air Bomber)
Sergeant Alexander Garos (778783) (RAFVR)
Sergeant Charles Edward Goldring (657308) (RAF)
Sergeant Terence Francis Breen McKenna (405162) (Navigator)
Sergeant John Ormond O’Brien (403876) (Pilot)
Sergeant Harrington Warren Price (402539) (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Sergeant Neville John Rogers (778781) (RAFVR)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/141/599