Flight Lieutenant Harry Raymond Hamilton – 85 Squadron RAF

Flight Lieutenant Harry Raymond Hamilton of 85 Squadron RAF, killed near Rye Harbour during the Battle of Britain in 1940.

Flight Lieutenant Harry Raymond Hamilton, a Canadian fighter pilot with No. 85 Squadron RAF. Hamilton flew Hawker Hurricanes during the Battle of Britain and was killed on 29 August 1940 when his aircraft crashed near Camber Castle at Rye Harbour, East Sussex. He was 23 years old.

Portrait of Flight Lieutenant Harry Raymond Hamilton, a Canadian RAF fighter pilot who served with No. 85 Squadron during the Battle of Britain. Hamilton was killed on 29 August 1940 when his Hawker Hurricane crashed near Camber Castle at Rye Harbour, East Sussex. His memorial now stands within the Rye Harbour landscape.


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