4th June 2014
The first stop on our D-Day 70 journey was Southampton where we landed following a flight from the former R.A.F. Sydenham, now George Best Belfast City Airport.
In 2014, WartimeNI embarked on a journey to Normandy, France to mark the 70th-anniversary commemorations of D-Day. We landed on Sword Beach on 6th June 2014.
4th July 2013
On our travels across the world, we encounter sights of interest or places relating to the Second World War. This section provides a look at the highlights.
While en route to a music festival in 2013, we spent an afternoon in the centre of Southampton, spotting several reminders of the Second World War in Hampshire.
23rd April 1946
On 23rd April 1946, United States military personnel photographed the Lisnabreeny American Military Cemetery on Rocky Road in Belfast's Castlereagh Hills.
27th February 1946
The Douglas Dakota of Squadron Leader Baker touched down at Sydenham Airfield on 27th February 1946. Onboard were 25 more young Jewish refugees from Prague.
On 27th February 1946, R.A.F. Squadron Leader Baker landed at Sydenham airfield in East Belfast carrying on board a group of young Jewish Holocaust survivors.
25th February 1946
On 25th February 1946, a Dakota piloted by Denzil Jacobs landed at Nutts Corner, Co. Antrim. Onboard were 25 Jewish refugees seeking a safe haven in Ulster.
On 25th February 1944, Belfast marked the founding of the Red Army while two years later, young Holocaust survivors would land at a Northern Ireland airfield.
24th February 1946
On 24th February 1946, a Douglas Dakota plane touched down on an airfield in Northern Ireland. Onboard were 25 Jewish refugees, survivors of Nazi persecution.
Kindertransport was the name given to the rescue of young Jews from occupied Europe. During the Second World War, many found a safe haven in Northern Ireland.
In February 1946, a group of young Holocaust survivors arrived in Northern Ireland, travelling onwards to the safe haven of the farm in Millisle, Co. Down.
