Co. Tyrone
On 1st July 1945, a United States Army Air Force Havoc plane crashed near Aughnacloy, Co. Tyrone with fatal consequences for pilot Fred Anthony Barton.
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Langford Lodge Airfield on the east coast of Lough Neagh near Crumlin operated as a base for both the R.A.F. and the U.S.A.A.F. during the Second World War.
18th June 1945
On 18th June 1945, Driver Ernest Stewart Currie of Portadown, Co. Armagh died having served throughout the Second World War with the Royal Army Service Corps.
5th June 1945
On 5th June, we remember service personnel with connections to Northern Ireland who died in far-off fields such as Burma, Singapore, Indonesia, and India.
3rd June 1945
On 3rd June, we remember riflemen, a Squadron Leader with the Royal Air Force and a Fusilier who served with The Skins in Italy following the Second World War.
20th April 1945
Able Seaman Normal Cole of Portadown, Co. Armagh died on 20th April 1945 as a result of illness having served on H.M.S. Renown during the Second World War.
13th April 1945
Lance Corporal Samuel Alexander Hazlett of Portadown, Co. Armagh died on 13th April 1945. He served in the Canadian Infantry Corps during the Second World War.
19th January 1945
In early 1945, the first German Prisoners of War began to arrive in Northern Ireland. Their detention took place in a number of camps across the country.
On 19th January 1945, three German Prisoners of War escaped from the camp at Kinnegar near Holywood, Co. Down but their freedom was short-lived.
14th January 1945
On 14th January 1945, 4 German Prisoners of War staged an escape from the Elmfield Camp in Gilford, Co. Down. Their freedom was short-lived.
On 14th January 1945, four German prisoners of war escaped from Elmfield Camp in Gilford, Co. Down. Their escape was short-lived as they fled towards Éire.
10th October 1944
On 10th October 1944, Sub-Lieutenant R.J. McHaffie of No. 1843 N.A.S. fatally crashed Vought F4U-1 Corsair JT479 off the coast of Castlerock, Co. Londonderry.
