Date:	Sunday 26 May 1940
Time:	day
Type:	Fairey Battle Mk I
Owner/operator:	88 (Hong Kong) Sqn RAF
Registration:	L5467
MSN:	RH-L
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Haracourt, 9 km SSE of Sedan, Ardennes -   France
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Les Grandes Chappelles aerodrome, France
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Fairey Battle Mk.I L5467 (RH-L) 88 (Hong Kong) Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when lost (failed to return) for combat operations on 26 May 1940. All three crew killed. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/625): "Battle L5467 crashed near the Ardennes, France, 26 May 1940. Sergeant R W Butler, Sergeant E Wilks and Pilot Officer C C R Anderson - report of deaths"

Shot down and crashed between Bulson and Haracourt (Ardennes), 9 km South South East of Sedan, France.

Crew:
Pilot Officer (Pilot) Colin Cecil Robert Anderson, RAF 40350, age 22, killed in action 26/05/1940
Sergeant (Observer) Richard W. Butler, RAF 520538, age 24, killed in action 26/05/1940
Sergeant (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) Edmund Wilks, RAF 537423, age 25, killed in action 26/05/1940

All three crew fatalities were buried at Haraucourt Churchyard, Ardennes, France

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 35)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/625: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502046
3. The Battle File (Sidney Shail, Air Britain, 1997 p 152)
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2689677/anderson,-colin-cecil-robert/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2689678/butler,-richard-william/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2689681/wilks,-edmund/
7. http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=5461
8. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/88_squadron.html#2605
9. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=221

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-Sep-2011 12:23	ThW	Added
22-Sep-2011 12:39	ThW	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative]
23-Jan-2012 04:11	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
03-Jun-2013 03:13	Anon.	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
03-Jun-2013 09:12	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
22-Aug-2019 21:57	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
30-Jun-2022 05:05	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]