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Picture No:398
Courtesy of:Barry Yates
Year:2015
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Hamilton Oaks ?

These three oak trees are 300 metres southeast of Camber Castle. They are thought to have been planted in memory of a World War II pilot who crashed there. Do you know anything about this?

He was HARRY RAYMOND HAMILTON 39316 FL Pilot Canadian 85 Squadron
Hamilton, of Kings County, New Brunswick, joined the RAF on short service commission in October 1936. He was posted to 3 FTS, Grantham on January 11 1937 and joined 46 Squadron at Digby on August 7. In early 1940 Hamilton was with 611 Squadron and was posted to 85 Squadron at Debden on May 25, as a Flight Commander. On July 30 he shared in the destruction of a Bf 110, on August 18 he claimed a Bf 110 destroyed and shared a He 111 and on the 29th he destroyed a Bf 109 and was then himself shot down and killed, over Winchelsea. Hamilton’s Hurricane, V6623, crashed near the ruins of Camber Castle. He was 23 years old and is buried in Folkestone New Cemetery, Kent.
Picture Added on 01 November 2015.


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