On 1st June 1940, personnel from Northern Ireland continued the fight at Dunkirk. Four years later, Belfast witnessed the crash of a B-17 bomber at Cave Hill.
1st June 1944
On 1st June 1944, Boeing B-17 #42-97862 en-route from Gander, Newfoundland crashed on the slopes of Cave Hill, Belfast killing 10 of the crew members onboard.
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Staff Sergeant Wilbur D. Brewer died on 1st June 1944 when a U.S.A.A.F. B-17 came down on the slopes of Cave Hill in North Belfast killing all 10 crew members.
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Flight Officer Lester Bryan Brooks died on 1st June 1944 when a U.S.A.A.F. B-17 came down on the slopes of Cave Hill in North Belfast killing all crew members.
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Staff Sergeant Lawrence E. Dundon died on 1st June 1944 when a U.S.A.A.F. B-17 came down on the slopes of Cave Hill in North Belfast killing all crew members.
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Sergeant Robert L. Graves Jr. died on 1st June 1944 when a U.S.A.A.F. B-17 came down on the slopes of Cave Hill in North Belfast killing all 10 crew members.
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Sergeant Howard A. Hibbler died on 1st June 1944 when a U.S.A.A.F. B-17 came down on the slopes of Cave Hill in North Belfast killing all 10 crew members.
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Serjeant James MacDonald of Armagh, Co. Armagh died on 1st June 1940 while serving with 30th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery in the British Expeditionary Force.
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Staff Sergeant Edward Ewing McGill died on 1st June 1944 when a U.S.A.A.F. B-17 came down on the slopes of Cave Hill in North Belfast killing all crew members.
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Corporal Lawrence R. McGrane died on 1st June 1944 when a U.S.A.A.F. B-17 came down on the slopes of Cave Hill in North Belfast killing all 10 crew members.
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Flight Officer Leighton B. McKenzie died on 1st June 1944 when a U.S.A.A.F. B-17 came down on the slopes of Cave Hill in North Belfast killing all crew members.
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Flight Officer Jeremiah C. Murphy died on 1st June 1944 when a U.S.A.A.F. B-17 came down on the slopes of Cave Hill in North Belfast killing all crew members.
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Second Lieutenant Joseph V. Nobilione died on 1st June 1944 when a U.S.A.A.F. B-17 came down on the slopes of Cave Hill in North Belfast killing all on board.
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Corporal Arthur Blaney of Hilden, Co. Antrim served in 17th Field Company, Royal Engineers at his time of death on 1st June 1940 as the B.E.F. retreated.
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Rifleman John Robert Gilpin of Cultra, Co. Down saw action with 2nd Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles in the British Expeditionary Force's evacuation from Dunkirk.
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Sergeant Francis Girr of Omagh, Co. Tyrone served in 6th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers during the Second World War and received the Military Medal.
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Trooper Edward Joseph McAteer of Newry, Co. Down served in 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards during the regiment's time in the British Expeditionary Force.
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Fusilier Patrick McDaid of Strabane, Co. Tyrone died on 1st June 1940. He served with 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in Belgium and France in 1940.
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Trooper John McDowell of Markethill, Co. Armagh died on 1st June 1944 while serving with 7 Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps in the Italian campaign.
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Lieutenant Theophilus "Theo" John Seale of Portadown, Co. Armagh died as a result of a tragic accident as 1st Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles prepared for D-Day.
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Warrant Officer Class III Walter Stanley Smith of Portaferry, Co. Down served in 27th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery during their time with the B.E.F. in 1940.
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Flight Sergeant Thomas William Thompson of Lurgan, Co. Armagh died on 1st June 1944 while serving with the R.A.F. as part of 3rd Tactical Air Force in Asia.
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Pilot Officer Alan Lancelot Treanor served in R.A.F. 245 (Northern Rhodesian) Squadron when his Hawker Hurricane I disappeared over Dunkirk on 1st June 1940.
Commissioner Samuel Black Underwood served in the Allied Control Commission of Germany set up to assist the military government after the Second World War.
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Private Leslie Waite of Holywood, Co. Down served in 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment with the British Expeditionary Force at his time on death in 1940.
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Private William John Woodfield of Co. Down served in 2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment as part of the British Expeditionary Force's time in France.
