LEST WE FORGET
Flight Lieutenant Vincent PARKER
From Australia serving in the Royal Air Force
Service No: 42356 (RAF)
Born: Date, Location unavailable
Enlisted in the RAF: Date unavailable
Unit: No. 56 Operational Training Unit (RAF), RAF Station Milfield
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 56 Operational Training Unit Tempest aircraft EJ859), Milfield, 29 January 1946, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, Yorkshire
CWGC Additional Information: Foster-son and nephew of John William and Edith Parker, of Ingham, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Flight Lieutenant Parker was a Battle of Britain pilot (No. 234 Squadron (RAF)) who was shot down on 15 August 1940 and taken prisoner. He ended up in Colditz. He continued to serve in the RAF in the post-war period and was killed in a flying accident in Tempest EJ859 while based at RAF Station Milfield.
References:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/32/567
Biography:
Burgess, Colin, ‘Bush’ Parker: An Australian Battle of Britain Pilot in Colditz, Australian Military History Publications, Loftus NSW, 2007