The Airmen's Stories - Sgt. J Hammerton

Jack Hammerton was educated at Slough Grammar School and after leaving he worked for the Woolwich Equitable Building Society. He joined the RAFVR in March 1939 as an Airman u/t Pilot and was called up on 1st September 1939. He carried out his training at 8EFTS and 10FTS.

Initially with 3 Squadron, Hammerton was posted to 615 Squadron at Prestwick in early October 1940. During a squadron patrol on 6th November Hammerton was last seen at 25,000 feet, leaving the formation, apparently in pursuit of enemy aircraft. He was killed when he crashed in bad visibility near the railway line at Noah's Ark, near Sevenoaks.

Hammerton was 25. He is buried in Stoke Road Cemetery, Slough.