Flight Sgt TM Brent
Trevor Montague Brent
- Rank
- Flight Sgt
- Squadron
- No 233 Squadron
- School
- Potchefstroom Boys' High School
- Fate
- Did not survive the war, 5 May 1942
From the book
The Dreaded Telegram
Trevor Montague Brent and George Barry Callaghan were educated at Potchefstroom Boys High. Brent had 1820 Settler roots, Callaghan was born in Scotland in 1913 and 12 years old when his parents immigrated to South Africa. Brent qualified as an RAFVR Sgt Pilot in Rhodesia. Callaghan volunteered for SAAF service in 1940, trained at No 21 SFTS in Bulawayo and qualified as an RAFVR Sgt Pilot. They lost their lives during May 1942 serving on RAF Coastal Command Hudson squadrons.
The Dreaded Telegram
No 233 Squadron was operating out of Gibraltar when Flight Sergeant T M Brent and his crew depth-charged U-573 a German submarine on April 29th causing damage that forced it to head for Spain and capture. Flight Sergeant T M Brent and his three-man Sergeant crew lost their lives on May 5th ditching their Hudson off the Spanish coast.