Pilot Officer Santiago Richardo Tregea, who served as James Richard Tregea, was an Argentinian airman of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died during the Second World War.
He was born the son of William Herbert and Violet Tregea (née Abbott), of Mendoza Province.[1] He was naturalized as a British subject on 8 March 1941 while undergoing pilot training.[2] At the time of his death, Tregea was serving as a pilot with 101 Squadron.
Aged 20, Tregea died on 9 July 1942, when his Vickers Wellington (serial X3634) was 'lost without trace' while engaged on an operation against the German port of Wilhelmshaven.
Tregea and his four crewmates have no known grave and are commemorated by the Runnymede Memorial.
Notes[]
- ↑ Dunlop, Charles (1921), The South American Journal and Brazil & River Plate Mail, Volume 90, p. 67.
- ↑ The London Gazette (35142), p. 2294. 22 April 1941, thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
References[]
- Tregea, James Richard, cwgc.org. Retrieved 17 September 2015.