LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Keith George TENNENT
Service No: 426768
Born: Rockhampton QLD, 23 May 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 18 July 1942
Unit: No. 83 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Coningsby
Died: Air Operations: (No. 83 Squadron Lancaster aircraft PB292), Denmark, 27 August 1944, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Randbol Churchyard, near Veil, Denmark
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Walter James Tennent and Margaret Helena Tennent, of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Rockhampton QLD
Remembered: Panel 131, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 2030 hours on the night of 26 August 1944 Lancaster PB292 took off from Coningsby detailed to bomb Konigsberg, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft was lost and five of the crew members were killed and two became Prisoners of War.
The crew members of PB292 were:
Flying Officer William Elmslie Frew DFC (50286) (RAF) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Alwyn Victor Howarth (997285) (RAFVR) (Wireless Operator Air)
Flight Sergeant R E Page (1578086) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber) PoW
Squadron Leader A S Perkins DFC (128053) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Flight Sergeant Bert Smith (1591474) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Pilot Officer Keith George Tennent (426768) (Rear Gunner)
Squadron Leader J Y Verran (42775) (RAF) (Pilot) PoW
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, 166/39/346