Emery, Jack
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Jack |
Surname | Emery |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 13-04-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Henry William and Nancy Emery. Husband of Maureen Patricia Emery, of Trowbridge, Wiltshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Anson I |
Serial Number | N9857 |
Markings | XF-F |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Inchnadamph (Or Kirkton) Old Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Memorial Panel. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 33 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 976995 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 19 OTU |
Trade | Wireless Operator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Kirkton Cemetery, Inchnadamph, Highlands, Scotland |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Cairn & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Here are commemorated the crew of an aircraft crashed on Ben More on 13th April 1941 |
Location | Remote Location, Ben More Assynt, Loch Meall nan Coarach, Highlands, Scotland |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Incribed Stone Cairn |
Memorial Text | Here lie the crew of Anson N9857 who crashed in bad weather during a navigation training exercise on 13 April 1941 |
Location | Off A96, Balnageith near Forres, Grampian, Scotland |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Cairn, Inscribed Metal Plaques & Aircraft Sculpture |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served with 19 OTU, RAF Forres |
Miscellaneous Information
Resided Grant Road, Coventry and later Westbury, Wilts. Atended Stoke School, Coventry School of Art and Bath Technical College. |
30th May 1941, The Midland Daily Telegraph: ‘Sergeant Observer Killed’ Youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Emery has been reported missing on April 13 while serving with the RAF has since been reported killed. Sergeant Emery lived in Grant Road, Coventry and later moved to Westbury, Wilts. He attended Stoke School, Coventry School of Art and Bath Technical College. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 13-04-1941 |
End Date | 13-04-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Kinloss |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- night navigation exercise |
Reason for Loss | Airborne 10:18 on a round-robin cross-country training flight to Inverness - Oban - Stornoway - Cape Wrath - Achnashellach Station, and back to RAF Kinloss. At Oban they sent a radio message saying that they had descended to 500 feet in order to remain below the cloud base. Later they radioed their position at Kylerehea. By now they had run into bad weather, and by the time they arrived overhead at Stornoway airfield the visibility was bad and Stornoway airfield had closed its runways due to the depth of snow on them. At 13:02, N9857 sent a message confirming their turning point at Cape Wrath. They indicated that they were attempting to climb over the bad weather. Approximately 10 minutes later, the Wireless Operator at RAF Stornoway picked up a very faint Morse message. "icing up......lost power in port engine......losing height....descending through 3,000 feet ...." and then nothing more after that. The aircraft crash landed on the plateau of the mountain Beinn an Fhurain approximately 3 miles east of Inchnadamph in Sutherland, Scotland at around 2,300 feet. On landing the starboard wing hit a rocky knoll and shattered which sent the aircraft cartwheeling. The fuel in the wing ignited and burnt out most of the wing and part of the forward fuselage. The fate of N9857 and her crew was not discovered until 25th May 1941 when Mr Law, a local shepherd, came across the wreckage of the aircraft while he was out on Beinn an Fhurain. The bodies of five of the airmen were found inside the remains of the fuselage, wrapped in their parachutes. Evidently at least three of them had survived the crash landing but had died of exposure. The body of Mitchell was discovered some half a mile away sheltering under a large boulder. It is believed that he had set out to get help but he too had succumbed to the cold. Due to the remoteness of the crash site, the crew were buried nearby and a cairn erected. In June 1985, cadets from 2489 (Bridge of Don) Squadron Air Training Corps refurbished the cairn. Their graves are the highest in the UK. Loss Location: Meall nan Caorach |