Emeny, Dick
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Dick |
Surname | Emeny |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 10-09-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Leonard Ernest and Dorothy Sarah Emeny. Husband of Edith Lucy Emeny. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | BF351 |
Markings | HA-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 3. C. 6. |
Epitaph | ONE TO THE WORLD BUT ALL THE WORLD TO ME. IN LOVING MEMORY. WIFE EDITH |
Ribbon Stone | 0717 (Block 8, Column 25, Row 2) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 161 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 650193 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 218 (Gold Coast) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | In honour of Flt Sgt Dick Emeny Age 25 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn |
Location | St. Mary's Church, Bexwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of the squadrons based at R.A.F. Downham Market and those who have their lives during the 1939 - 1945 war |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH and Sqn Crest |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1350/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1350/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 10-09-1942 |
End Date | 11-09-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Downham Market |
Day/Night Raid | Night (0% moon) |
Operation | Dusseldorf. 479 aircraft, 33 losses (7.1%). PFF used pink pansies to accurately mark the target. 39 businesses in Dusseldorf and a further 13 in neighbouring Neuss were put out of action. Almost 1000 houses destroyed and 19427 people bombed out. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at St. Philipsland, Holland |