ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 15312
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 May 1940 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 504 (County of Nottingham) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L1941 |
| MSN: | TM-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Chaussee-Notre-Dame-Louvignies, Hainaut -
 Belgium
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lille-Marcq, France |
Hawker Hurriane Mk.I L1941 (TM-A) of 504 (County of Nottingham) Squadron, RAF. Written off (destroyed) 15 May 1940 when lost (failed to return) from a combat air patrol. Believed Shot down, pilot killed. According to the official Air Ministry file on the incident: "Hurricane L1941 crashed at Chaussee-Notre-Dame-Louvignies, Belgium, 14 May 1940.Acting Squadron Leader J B Parnall".
Squadron Leader Parnall was the officer commanding 504 (County of Nottingham) Squadron RAF. He took off from Lille-Marcq in the afternoon of the 14th May 1940 with 3 other Hurricanes for a patrol in the Louvain area. They encountered He 111s from LG 1 and then were bounced by Messerschmitt Bf 109s of JG 26. Squadron Leader Parnall was shot down and his aircraft crashed at Chausse-Notre-Dame-Louvignies, Hainaut, at the place called "Hameau du Caillou". During this air combat Flight Officer Michael Royce, Sgt Stan Hamblett and Pilot Officer Blair White crashed too (the 1st South West of Brussels, the 2nd at Vollezelle and the 3rd near Arras).
Crew:
Squadron Leader (Pilot) James Boyd Parnall, RAF (AAF) 90060, age 34, killed in action 15/05/1940, buried at Chaussee-Notre-Dame- Louvignies Communal Cemetery, Hainaut, Belgium
His brother was Pilot Officer Stuart Boyd Parnall of 607 (County of Durham) Squadron and was killed during the Battle of Britain (9th September 1940). The reported crash location of Chaussée-Notre-Dame-Louvignies is a village near the Belgian town Soignies in the province of Hainaut, at approximate co ordinates: 50°35′33″N, 3°59′53″E
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/425: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502096
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2254286/parnall,-james-boyd/
4. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/504_squadron.html#1505
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/10021.php
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Mar-2008 08:20 | JINX | Added |
| 06-Mar-2008 08:21 | JINX | Updated |
| 02-Aug-2011 02:14 | rvargast17 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Narrative] |
| 04-Jan-2012 12:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 04-Jan-2012 12:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-May-2013 11:47 | Anon. | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-May-2013 17:51 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2013 04:03 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 01-May-2015 14:23 | Quentin | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 01-May-2015 14:26 | QQ3 | Updated [Operator] |
| 23-Jul-2019 21:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Nov-2022 20:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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