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| Date: | Friday 10 May 1940 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Fairey Battle Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 150 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L5540 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Bonnevoie, SE of Luxembourg City -
 Luxembourg
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ecury-sur-Coole, France |
Fairey Battle Mk.1 L5540 (JN-C) of 150 Squadron, RAF: Lost on combat operations - officially " Battle L5540 shot down over Luxembourg, 10 May 1940". Airborne 15:30 from Ecury-sur-Coole, France. Hit by ground fire and crash landed in the target area near Bonnevoie, Luxembourg; all three crew were soon captured.
Crew of Battle L5540:-
Flying Officer Arduir Charles Roberts RAF 40140; interned as PoW at Camps 9AH/L3, PoW No.327.
Sgt E.H. Ward: Injured in crash. Became PoW, but confined in Hospital due injuries. No PoW No.
AC1 David Meyrick RAF 551640 PoW interned in Camps 8B/L6/357, PoW No.13053.
South Bonnevoie (Luxembourgish: Bouneweg-Süd, French: Bonnevoie-Sud, German: Bonneweg Süd) is a quarter in south-eastern Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. Within the quarter lies most of the area of Bonnevoie, which also forms part of North Bonnevoie-Verlorenkost at approximate co ordinates: 49.597°N 6.140°E.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain. 1976 p 36)
2. The Battle File (Sidney Shail, Air Britain, 1997 p 154)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/216: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14142041
4. Photo of accident: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ww2images/6896655867/
5. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/150_squadron.html
6. https://wallyswar.wordpress.com/other-pows/
7. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/another-poser-from-my-fathers-pow-wartime-log.52129/#post-611113
8. https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=713236.0
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Bonnevoie
10. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jun-2019 00:56 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 17-Jun-2019 09:47 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 09-May-2024 07:00 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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