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Sgt. John Frederick Wallace Emerson
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve flt eng. 106 Sqd
from:Drogheda, Co. Louth, Irish Republic
(d.16th Dec 1944)
Avro Lancaster ND682 of 106 Sqn. coded ZN-K, took off at 00:45 15th Dec 1944 from Metheringham. OP: Gardening and was shot down by a night fighter.
The remains of Flt. Engr. Sgt John F. W. Emerson were retrieved from the sea 8 miles south of Anholt harbour on 6/3-1945. He was laid to rest by the Wehrmacht in Anholt cemetery on 7/3 1945, he was 24 years old.