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Hammond, John Edwin

Date of death:
March 25th, 1944
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Graves General Cemetery Gorssel
Row: A. Grave: 16-18.
Service number:
1576457
Nationality:
British

Biography

John Edwin Hammond was son to William and Daisy L. Hammond from Market Harborough, Leicestershire.

Promotions:
?: Sergeant.

Career:
1941: Royal Air Force;
?: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner.

He was killed in the night of March 24th and 25th, 144 after an attack on Berlin Hammond was crew member of Avro Lancaster Mk II, LL694, KO-N, 115 Squadron. The aircraft started on 18.37 hrs on March 24th from RAF Witchford. The aircraft was shot down at 00.20 hrs by Hauptmann Martin Drewes, III. Gruppe, Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (17th Victory). The Lancaster crashed near Gorssel, the Netherlands. The Crew Members were Sergeant Robert Leslie Coulter (Air Gunner), Flying Officer Edward John Deemer (Air bomber), Sergeant Arthur Diggle (Flight Engineer), Flight Sergeant John Laurence Duffy (Navigator), Sergeant John Edwin Hammond (Wireless Operator), Sergeant Alexander John Hull (Air Gunner) en Pilot Officer Thomas Elliott Vipond (Pilot). All were killed in the crash and buried at Gorssel.

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