Pilots of No.615 Squadron .

[schnellmeyer]

Can anybody please help me with details and photos of the following two pilots from No.615 Squadron . F/O Rene Mouchotte and Sgt. Hamilton . These two pilots attacked a JU88 off the southwest coast of England on 26 August , 1941 . The JU88 later crash landed in Ireland and the crew were interned .
I would be grateful for any help .

[Col Bruggy]

Hello,

Sgt Hamilton = AUS404076 Sgt Ronald Martin HAMILTON RAAF.

Failed to return from 'Roadstead' off Blankenburge in No.615 Sqn Hurricane IIB BD831, on 18 September, 1941. P/O Hamilton was posted as Missing, and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

Col.

[schnellmeyer]

Many thanks for those details Col. Bruggy , it's a good starting point for me .

[Bertrand H]

And for René Mouchotte (service number 30611):

http://www.ordredelaliberation.fr/fr_compagnon/703.html

Bertrand

[schnellmeyer]

Thank you very much for your help Bertrand , I am most grateful for this information .

[Bruce Lander]

Hi,

Required reading for Rene Mouchotte:-


The Mouchotte Diaries 1940-1943 (Fortunes of War) by Rene Mouchotte and Philip John Stead (24 Aug 2001)

Paperback: 204 pages
Publisher: Cerberus Publishing Ltd; New edition edition (24 Aug 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1841450243
ISBN-13: 978-1841450247

Cheers

Bruce Lander

[Adriano Baumgartner]

Schellmeyer,
The book of Mouchotte (The Mouchotte Diaries) is good and written in a more "human" way than most of War Diaries I have read. You won't be disappointed (although it lacks on the Photographs field).
Nº615 Squadron do deserve a good account/book...by the way.
Yours,
Adriano Baumgartner

[Col Bruggy]

Hello,

Re: Hamilton RAAF. Photo here:

http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=5371981

p.2 of 35 (But read cautionary note on p.4).

Col.

[schnellmeyer]

Many thanks , BruceMK11 , Adriano and Col.Bruggy for all your help , I am really very grateful that you took the time out to supply the information that I was looking for .

[Tony Kearns]

Originally Posted by schnellmeyer

Can anybody please help me with details and photos of the following two pilots from No.615 Squadron . F/O Rene Mouchotte and Sgt. Hamilton . These two pilots attacked a JU88 off the southwest coast of England on 26 August , 1941 .

Gd' Evening all,
A very interesting thread, F/O Mouchotte and Sgt Hamilton both list in their combat reports that the interception took place 40 miles north of Pembroke Dock. Lt. Ludwig Stockbaur always maintained that the credit for their eventual force landing should have gone to the Ack Ack Boys during their mission.
Would anyone have Sgt Hamilton's aircraft individual id letter for his aircraft please.?
regards
Tony K