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Seymour Robert Edward Hammersly | |||
| Rank: | Flight Sergeant | Number: | 581056 |
| Ship/Rgn/Sqn No: | 088 Sqn RAFVR | ||
| Name of Rgt or Ship: | Royal Air Force | ||
| Died: | 18/09/1941 | Age: | 29 |
| How Died: | Killed in Action | ||
| Country of burial: | Lost Overseas | ||
| Cemetery or Memorial: | Runnymede Memorial | ||
| Town Memorial: | Not Listed | ||
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Eldest of 3 brothers (one a Lt in the Army, the other also in the RAF), he joined the RAF 4 months after war broke out. Flying with 88 Sqn they took off at 0940hrs from R.A.F. Attlebridge, Norfolk, in a Blenhein Mk.IV, No. Z7488 RH-F, for an anti-shipping operation. Believed to have been shot down by Lt. Koenig, of 5/ZG76. Total losses; 3 crew (one Canadian, one N.Z. and F/S Hammersley), all are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Listed on Stretford Grammar School's Mem. | |||
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