John Herbert Hamilton  Monument Photo 1 * 2 * 3 Updated: 17 MAR 2025

Airman: a118004.htm Surname: Hamilton Init: J H Rank: F/Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 570

P_link: p426r.htm Plane: STI LJ645 Operation: Drop in DK Crash_site: Skæring near Århus

Crash_d: d230445 Buried_d: b300445 C_link: c118.htm At_Next: Århus

STI LJ645 skudt i brand af tyske flak på vej til en våbennedkastning. Det styrtede ned her.

3 overlevende flyvere kom 700 m væk fra flyet, inden de fik hjælp. Se mere ved monument og i
Google Map p426r samt i Den sidste våbenflyvning fra Arne Mosgaard.

De 3 omkomne flyvere, der sad fastspændt i flyet, blev næste morgen bjerget ud, bl.a. under medvirken
af Vagtværnet. Også de dræbte flyvere blev bragt til det tyske lazaret.

Flight Sergeant (Flight Engineer) John Herbert Hamilton, 24 år, var søn af Thompson og
Edith Carlisle Hamilton, Bangor, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC)

Det var en stor oplevelse for den unge Mogens Pouli at besøge United Kingdom og Hamiltons familie
i 1951, hvor udlandsrejser ikke var almindelige. Hamiltons har også besøgt Koldbogaard.

69 flyvere mindes på Mindetavlen i Rebild og i London, se 69 flyvere - St. Clement Danes.
6 flyvere.

STI LJ645 caught fire, when German flak hit it, while it was on its way to drop weapons.
It crashed here.

3 surviving airmen got 700 m away from the plane before they got help. See more at monument,          Google Map p426r and The last weapon flight from Arne Mosgaard.

The 3 perished airmen, who were locked in their seat belts in the plane, were taken out next morning
by the security guard and others. Also the deceased airmen were taken to the German field hospital.

Flight Sergeant (Flight Engineer) John Herbert Hamilton, 24, was the son of Thompson and Edith Carlisle Hamilton, of Bangor, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)

It was a great experience for the young Mogens Pouli to visit the United Kingdom and the Hamiltons in 1951, when it was not common to travel abroad. The Hamiltons
have also visited Koldbogaard.

See 69 perished airmen on the Memorial Plaque in Rebild and in London, 69 airmen - St. Clement Danes.

Royal Air Force WWII 38 Group Squadrons Veterans´ Stories has this about Mombrun, also with some information about the rest of the crew of STI LJ645.
See No. 570 Squadron RAF  and  570 Squadron. This Stirling took off from RAF Rivenhall.
6 airmen.