Date:	Friday 10 May 1940
Time:	afternoon
Type:	Fairey Battle Mk I
Owner/operator:	150 Sqn RAF
Registration:	L5539
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	between Junglinster and Echternarch, Luxembourg -   Luxembourg
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Ecury-sur-Coole, France
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Fairey Battle Mk.1 L5539 (JN-B) 150 Squadron RAF: Lost on combat operations - officially described as "Battle L5539 in air operations between Junglinster and Echternarch, Luxembourg, 10 May 1940". Took off from Ecury-sur-Colle, France, with the main objective being the numerous German convoys travelling on the road between Etternach and Junelinster, Luxembourg, connecting Belgium to Luxembourg.

Bombing and strafing at low altitude (about 30 meters), the unfortunate British airmen were picked off by a dense and precise Flak. One crew member killed, two survived to be captured and taken as PoWs (one being injured)

Crew of Battle L5539:
Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) Eric R. Parker, RAF 39111, killed in action, buried Luxembourg (Hollerich) Communal Cemetery, Luxembourg
Sgt J. Whalley; captured injured, taken as PoW, interned in Camps 8B/L1. No PoW No. (Right thumb shot off).
Corporal R.K.Rye; captured, taken as PoW, interned in Camps 8B/L6/357, PoW No.13046

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain. 1978 p 34)
2. The Battle File (Sidney Shail, Air Britain, 1997 p 153)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/217: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14142042
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2259032/parker,-eric/
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/10315.php
6. http://olivier.housseaux.free.fr/AVIONS/K9369/recit.htm
7. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/10294.php

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Jun-2019 01:16	Dr. John Smith	Added
17-Jun-2019 01:20	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
17-Jun-2019 09:47	stehlik49	Updated [Operator]