250283 Wing Commander (Wg Cmdr) James Gibson Emerton, the Commanding Officer of No 22 (Boston) Squadron RAAF, climbs from the cockpit of the aircraft, coded DU-K, RAAF serial No. A28-9, on completion of a sweep over New Britain. Wg Cmdr Emerton was lost on operations over New Britain on 30 January 1944 and is buried in the Rabaul War Cemetery. Taken:---December 1943, Location:--New Guinea: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Papuan Islands.
~~~~James Gibson EMERTON, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, World War Two Service~~~~~~~
Parents:--- William James Emerton and Florence Cecilia Webster married 1914 in Victoria.
Religion:--- Church of England.
Civil employment:--- Salesman
Martial status:--- single
Next of kin:--- Mother, Mrs Florence Emerton, 21 Fordham Avenue, Camberwell, Victoria.
RAAF Service No:--- 250283
Enlisted in the RAAF:---9th October 1937 (Air Cadet). Joined as a career pilot.
Final Unit:--- No. 22 Squadron, RAAF(Commanding Officer, No. 22 Squadron)
Fate:--- Died in air operations flying No. 22 Squadron Boston aircraft A28-27, in New Britain, 30th January 1944.
Burial:--- Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea.
Roll of Honour:--- Hawthorn Victoria.
Commemorated:--- Panel 101, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial.
Details of final mission:--- On 30th January 1944, Boston A28-27 was one of two aircraft detailed to carry out an offensive sweep from Mevelo River to Lindenhaven, and while en route to take photos of gun pits and buildings at Kabu River. A28-27 crashed on the east side of the Kabu River while flying low over a gun pit position at Cape Dampier. The aircraft was apparently hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire as a sheet of flame was seen to come from the aircraft, and it went into a diving turn of 180 degrees and struck the ground in a practically vertical position. In 1946 a RAAF search party found the wreck and the remains of the crew on the east bank of the Kabu River approximately 1,000 yards north east of Ruakana Village, near Cape Dampier, New Britain.
The crew members of A28-27 were:---
Wing Commander James Gibson Emerton (250283) (Pilot)
Pilot Officer Terence John Gawne (408648) (Navigator Wireless)
~~~~James Gibson EMERTON, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, World War Two Service~~~~~~~
Parents:--- William James Emerton and Florence Cecilia Webster married 1914 in Victoria.
Religion:--- Church of England.
Civil employment:--- Salesman
Martial status:--- single
Next of kin:--- Mother, Mrs Florence Emerton, 21 Fordham Avenue, Camberwell, Victoria.
RAAF Service No:--- 250283
Enlisted in the RAAF:---9th October 1937 (Air Cadet). Joined as a career pilot.
Final Unit:--- No. 22 Squadron, RAAF(Commanding Officer, No. 22 Squadron)
Fate:--- Died in air operations flying No. 22 Squadron Boston aircraft A28-27, in New Britain, 30th January 1944.
Burial:--- Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea.
Roll of Honour:--- Hawthorn Victoria.
Commemorated:--- Panel 101, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial.
Details of final mission:--- On 30th January 1944, Boston A28-27 was one of two aircraft detailed to carry out an offensive sweep from Mevelo River to Lindenhaven, and while en route to take photos of gun pits and buildings at Kabu River. A28-27 crashed on the east side of the Kabu River while flying low over a gun pit position at Cape Dampier. The aircraft was apparently hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire as a sheet of flame was seen to come from the aircraft, and it went into a diving turn of 180 degrees and struck the ground in a practically vertical position. In 1946 a RAAF search party found the wreck and the remains of the crew on the east bank of the Kabu River approximately 1,000 yards north east of Ruakana Village, near Cape Dampier, New Britain.
The crew members of A28-27 were:---
Wing Commander James Gibson Emerton (250283) (Pilot)
Pilot Officer Terence John Gawne (408648) (Navigator Wireless)
250283 Wing Commander (Wg Cmdr) James Gibson Emerton, the Commanding Officer of No 22 (Boston) Squadron RAAF, climbs from the cockpit of the aircraft, coded DU-K, RAAF serial No. A28-9, on completion of a sweep over New Britain. Wg Cmdr Emerton was lost on operations over New Britain on 30 January 1944 and is buried in the Rabaul War Cemetery. Taken:---December 1943, Location:--New Guinea: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Papuan Islands.
~~~~James Gibson EMERTON, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, World War Two Service~~~~~~~
Parents:--- William James Emerton and Florence Cecilia Webster married 1914 in Victoria.
Religion:--- Church of England.
Civil employment:--- Salesman
Martial status:--- single
Next of kin:--- Mother, Mrs Florence Emerton, 21 Fordham Avenue, Camberwell, Victoria.
RAAF Service No:--- 250283
Enlisted in the RAAF:---9th October 1937 (Air Cadet). Joined as a career pilot.
Final Unit:--- No. 22 Squadron, RAAF(Commanding Officer, No. 22 Squadron)
Fate:--- Died in air operations flying No. 22 Squadron Boston aircraft A28-27, in New Britain, 30th January 1944.
Burial:--- Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea.
Roll of Honour:--- Hawthorn Victoria.
Commemorated:--- Panel 101, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial.
Details of final mission:--- On 30th January 1944, Boston A28-27 was one of two aircraft detailed to carry out an offensive sweep from Mevelo River to Lindenhaven, and while en route to take photos of gun pits and buildings at Kabu River. A28-27 crashed on the east side of the Kabu River while flying low over a gun pit position at Cape Dampier. The aircraft was apparently hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire as a sheet of flame was seen to come from the aircraft, and it went into a diving turn of 180 degrees and struck the ground in a practically vertical position. In 1946 a RAAF search party found the wreck and the remains of the crew on the east bank of the Kabu River approximately 1,000 yards north east of Ruakana Village, near Cape Dampier, New Britain.
The crew members of A28-27 were:---
Wing Commander James Gibson Emerton (250283) (Pilot)
Pilot Officer Terence John Gawne (408648) (Navigator Wireless)
~~~~James Gibson EMERTON, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, World War Two Service~~~~~~~
Parents:--- William James Emerton and Florence Cecilia Webster married 1914 in Victoria.
Religion:--- Church of England.
Civil employment:--- Salesman
Martial status:--- single
Next of kin:--- Mother, Mrs Florence Emerton, 21 Fordham Avenue, Camberwell, Victoria.
RAAF Service No:--- 250283
Enlisted in the RAAF:---9th October 1937 (Air Cadet). Joined as a career pilot.
Final Unit:--- No. 22 Squadron, RAAF(Commanding Officer, No. 22 Squadron)
Fate:--- Died in air operations flying No. 22 Squadron Boston aircraft A28-27, in New Britain, 30th January 1944.
Burial:--- Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea.
Roll of Honour:--- Hawthorn Victoria.
Commemorated:--- Panel 101, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial.
Details of final mission:--- On 30th January 1944, Boston A28-27 was one of two aircraft detailed to carry out an offensive sweep from Mevelo River to Lindenhaven, and while en route to take photos of gun pits and buildings at Kabu River. A28-27 crashed on the east side of the Kabu River while flying low over a gun pit position at Cape Dampier. The aircraft was apparently hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire as a sheet of flame was seen to come from the aircraft, and it went into a diving turn of 180 degrees and struck the ground in a practically vertical position. In 1946 a RAAF search party found the wreck and the remains of the crew on the east bank of the Kabu River approximately 1,000 yards north east of Ruakana Village, near Cape Dampier, New Britain.
The crew members of A28-27 were:---
Wing Commander James Gibson Emerton (250283) (Pilot)
Pilot Officer Terence John Gawne (408648) (Navigator Wireless)
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