Parker, Louis Holmes

Killed in Action 1945-04-13

Birth Date: 1922

Born:

Son of Thomas Holmes Parker, and of Annie Parker, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Decorations: DFC

Distinguished Service Cross

Service

RCAF

Unit

175 Sqn- Squadron

Base

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Flight Lieutenant

Service Numbers

J/10987

Home
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First Burial
Google MapLimmer British Cemetery At Hanover, Germany
175 Squadron (Stop At Nothing). Typhoon aircraft SW 475 was engaged in an attack on mortar and light flak positions near Volkersen, Germany and the last words received from Flight Lieutenant Parker were "there are some guns down below at 9 o'clock, switches on and am going down." As the Typhoon went into the dive a streak of flame appeared under the wing, Flight Lieutenant Parker pulled up out of the dive and the aircraft went into a climb. It then turned over and, still flaming, hit the ground and burst into flames. The crash mewed in a water-logged area near Langwedel, Germany. On August 7, 1944 he had escaped uninjured when his 184 Squadron Typhoon aircraft was hit by flak as he attacked enemy tanks east of Mortain, France.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Typhoon SW475

Flight Lieutenant Parker, Louis Holmes (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1945-April-13
CWG Cemetery, Hanover, Germany

Hawker Typhoon

Source: Harold A Skaarup Web Page (IWM Photo, MH 6864)
Hawker Typhoon Mk. IB (Serial No. RB402), coded 5V-P, of No. 439 Squadron, RCAF, landing at airfield B100, Goch, Germany, ca. 1944
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The Hawker Typhoon (Tiffy in RAF slang) is a British single-seat fighter-bomber, produced by Hawker Aircraft. It was intended to be a medium-high altitude interceptor, as a replacement for the Hawker Hurricane but several design problems were encountered and it never completely satisfied this requirement.

The Typhoon was originally designed to mount twelve .303 inch (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns and be powered by the latest 2,000 hp engines. Its service introduction in mid-1941 was plagued with problems and for several months the aircraft faced a doubtful future. When the Luftwaffe brought the formidable Focke-Wulf Fw 190 into service in 1941, the Typhoon was the only RAF fighter capable of catching it at low altitudes; as a result it secured a new role as a low-altitude interceptor.

The Typhoon became established in roles such as night-time intruder and long-range fighter. From late 1942 the Typhoon was equipped with bombs and from late 1943 RP-3 rockets were added to its armoury. With those weapons and its four 20mm Hispano autocannons, the Typhoon became one of the Second World War's most successful ground-attack aircraft.

By 1943, the RAF needed a ground attack fighter more than a "pure" fighter and the Typhoon was suited to the role (and less-suited to the pure fighter role than competing aircraft such as the Spitfire Mk IX). The powerful engine allowed the aircraft to carry a load of up to two 1,000 pounds (450 kg) bombs, equal to the light bombers of only a few years earlier. The bomb-equipped aircraft were nicknamed "Bombphoons" and entered service with No. 181 Squadron, formed in September 1942.Wikipedia

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