Terry, Alma Louis
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Alma Louis |
Surname | Terry |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 04-12-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Alma James Terry and Louisa Anne Terry, of Strood, Rochester. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | EF186 |
Markings | GP-V |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rochester (Strood) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. U. Grave 337. |
Epitaph | A HAPPY SMILE A LOVING FACE A BROKEN LINK WE CAN NEVER REPLACE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 252 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1398111 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 7 |
Squadron | 1661 HCU |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Miscellaneous Information
A memorial to this crew exists at Newark Air Museum |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-12-1944 |
End Date | 04-12-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Winthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- recovery procedures from unusual attitudes of flight |
Reason for Loss | Entered cumulus nimbus clouds and is though to have immediately iced up. Crashed at Breeder Hills, west of Grantham, Lincs |