Graham Langley Emms

[stiknruda]

Looking for some assistance in finding out more about the death in an air accident of Graham Langley Emms. Understand he was flying out of or near Finningley.

The relatives have no idea what caused the accident or even the type/marque of aircraft. Any help greatfully received. Thanks, Stik



Date of Birth: 22nd July 1920
Place of Birth: King’s Lynn, Norfolk
Service Number: 930367
Date of Enlistment: 14th June 1940
Killed On Active Service: 25th May 1942
Information from death certificate:-
When and where died: 25th May 1942 – Tickhill-Bawtry Road, Harworth, Worksop, R.D.

[lj101]

Stik

From this source

www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk (http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york42/may42.html)
Wellington R1151 near Bircotes.

On the 25th May 1942 this aircraft took off from Bircotes at 14.41hrs for a dual instruction training flight. Ten minutes later it returned to Bircotes and attempting to land downwind by mistake. The landing was aborted and while banking into the strong wind to attempt to go round the aircraft lost height and flew into trees after control was lost. It seems likely that the survivor was the trainee pilot given the wireless operator and a member of ground crew were killed along with the instructor. Bircotes was a grass airfield used by parent airfield Finningley. Bircotes village is actually just inside Nottinghamshire but the airfield was in Yorkshire.

(Instructor?) Pilot - F/O Stanley le-Vesconte Wood DFC RAFVR (89608), aged 20, of Birkenhead. Buried Woodchurch Churchyard, Birkenhead, Cheshire.

WOp - F/Sgt Ronald A Coles RAFVR (751410), aged 23, of Earlsdon, Coventry. Buried Stivichall Churchyard, Warwickshire.

? - LAC Graham L Emms RAFVR (930367), aged 21, of King's Lynn. Buried King's Lynn Cemetery, Norfolk.

(Trainee?) Pilot - Sgt Livingstone, injured.

[stiknruda]

lj101 - Thank you, passed this on to the relatives and they were delighted to learn new facts.

Stik