20th September in wartime Northern Ireland

We remember Gunner George Pentland of Portadown and airman Thomas Arthur Mewhort of Belfast who died on 20th September 1942, while a Spitfire crashed in Éire.

Barrage Balloons

With the Second World War underway, sights such as this barrage balloon photographed on 20th September 1940 became more commonplace in cities like Belfast.

A Royal Air Force barrage balloon and gas cylinders in Belfast on 20th September 1940 — © IWM HU 1110311 Info

Supermarine Spitfire R6992 crash in Figullar, Co. Monaghan

20th September 1942

On 20th September 1942, Gordon Hayter Proctor joined the Caterpillar Club, bailing out of Supermarine Spitfire R6992 before it came down in Monaghan, Ireland.

Remembered on 20th September

Thomas Arthur Mewhort

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Aircraftman 1st Class Thomas Arthur Mewhort died at Campbell College Military Hospital in his hometown of Belfast on 20th September 1942. He was 44 years old.

George Pentland

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Gunner George Pentland from Portadown, Co. Armagh died on 20th September 1942 as a result of an accident while serving in wartime England.