EMMETT, WILFRED SEFTON Initials: W S Nationality: New Zealand Rank: Pilot Officer Regiment/Service: Royal New Zealand Air Force Unit Text: 201 Sqdn. Age: 26 Date of Death: 03/12/1941 Service No: 401377 Additional information: Son of James and Mary Emmett, of Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand; husband of Peggy Viola Emmett. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 63. Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Pilot Officer Wilfred Sefton Emmett, RNZAF, at Truro, Nova Scotia, 1941. Son of James and Mary Emmett of Wanganui, New Zealand. Killed while a member of 201 Squadron, 3 Dec. 1941, aged 26. Pilot Officer Wilf. Emmett on Flickr - Photo Sharing! Edit ... some great pictures in that set ! ... if anybodys interested !!
Sunderland W3988 Crashed off Doonbeg, near Carrowmore (county Clare) whilst out on convoy protection F/Lt James Grant FLEMING DFC 40380 (Int) DIS P/O Wilfred Sefton EMMET NZ401377 RNZAF + Sgt Eric Willows JACKSON 999009 + P/O Eric Gerald MARKER 101048 + Sgt Sydney James EPPS 522263 + Sgt Maurice Walter Gerald FOX 933498 + Sgt James Cannell MASTERSON 911625 (Interned) LAC Frederick Walter LEA 904349 + LAC Arthur DONCASTER 743595 + LAC Andrew Patrick WALKER 972825 + AC1 Albert Everall BENNETT 1081395 + Aircraft Landings Ireland 1939 - 1946
According to Ross, and his Coastal Command Losses, all the crew did manage to get out of the aircraft and into two lifeboats. But due to the weather, they were drowned, and half the bodies not recovered.
