Date:	Friday 10 May 1940
Time:	afternoon
Type:	Fairey Battle Mk I
Owner/operator:	142 Sqn RAF
Registration:	L5231
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Rodange, Pétange -   Luxembourg
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Berry-au-Bac, France
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Fairey Battle Mk.1 L5231 (QT-C) of 142 Squadron RAF: Lost on combat operations - officially described as "Battle L5231 force landed during air operations over Luxembourg, 10 May 1940". Airborne 12:00 from Berry-au-Bac to attack enemy troop columns, heading out of Luxembourg towards Dippach. Shot down in the target area and crashed at Rodange, Pétange, Luxembourg. All three crew survived, were captured and taken as PoWs

Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Michael Heriot Roth RAF 39175 [PoW] Camps 9AH/L1/L3, PoW No.333.
Observer : Sergeant William Fulton Algie RAF 517484 [PoW] Camps 8B/L6/357. PoW No.13059
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Harold Morris RAF 614000 [PoW No.13073]

The crash site at Rodange (German: Rodingen) is a town in the commune of Pétange, in south-western Luxembourg. It lies next to the border with Belgium, across which is the town of Athus. The town is to the south-west of the town of Pétange and to the west of the smaller town of Lamadelaine at approximate co ordinates 49°32′48″N, 5°50′23″E

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 146)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/212: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14142037
4. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showpost.php?p=88492&postcount=4
5. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/142_squadron.html
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/10294.php
7. Photo of crash: https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Fairey-Battle/RAF-142Sqn-QT/pages/Fairey-Battle-I-RAF-142Sqn-QT-not-WT-L5231-force-landed-near-Luxembourg-10th-May-1940.html
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodange
9. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
16-Jun-2019 20:46	Dr. John Smith	Added
16-Jun-2019 20:48	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
17-Jun-2019 09:50	stehlik49	Updated [Operator]
09-May-2024 06:53	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative]