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Mepal, Cambridgeshire, and commenced (redacted commencing) operational flying. With this Squadron as navigator of a Stirling bomber, he took part in six operational flights comprising atttacks on Berlin, Nurenburg (was Norenburg) and Munchen-Gladbach and three missions minelaying in enemy waters.

On the night of the 30/31st August 1943, Flight Sergeant Watters was navigator of a Stirling bomber which took off on air operations to attack the target of Munchen-Gladbach. The aircraft failed to return to its base and all members of its crew including Flight Sergeant Watters were classified as missing. Later information was received from a German source through the International Red Cross, that Flight Sergeant Watters had lost his life and he was in consequence reclassified as missing believed killed in action. Subsequently information was received that he had been buried in the St. Trond Cemetery, Belgium. Due time having elapsed, his death was officially presumed to have occurred on the 31st August 1943, as the result of air operations. Subsequent to the cessation of hostilties he was reburied in the Louvain (Heverle) British Military Cemetery, Belgium.

The crew of the aircraft contained one other New Zealander, Flight Sergeant V.T. Park of Dargaville.

Find a Grave link with a photo of Flight Sergeant Watters: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14039326/terrence-watters/photo
Auckland Museum link with more info: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C22843?n=417299&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0

5/2/9415 AS2.
279 Hours as Air Observer.

Mrs. M.V. Watters (M) (right aligned)
Courtville Flats, (right aligned)
Hunt Street (right aligned)
WHANAGAREI (right aligned & underlined)