3rd October 1942
On 3rd October 1942, Boeing B-17 #41-24451 en-route from Gander, Newfoundland crashed on Slieveanorra Mountain, Co. Antrim killing 8 of the crew onboard.
On 3rd October 1942, a United States Army Air Force B-17 bomber crashed on Slieveanorra, Co. Antrim resulting in the deaths of eight of the ten-person crew.
Rocky Road Belfast BT8 6GA
Overlooking Belfast, a memorial stands at the old Lisnabreeny American Military Cemetery. It remembers the U.S. personnel buried there between 1943-1948.
Co. Antrim
During the Second World War, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress #41-24451 came down on Slieveanorra Mountain, Co. Antrim killing 8 of the crew members onboard.
1st October 1942
Lance Bombardier Samuel John Boyce of Portadown, Co. Armagh was one of many members of the Royal Artillery to die on board Lisbon Maru on 1st October 1942.
29th September 1942
On 29th September 1942, soldiers demonstrated the important work carried out by a British Army Dental Laboratory at Palace Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
172 Jacksons Road Holywood Co. Down BT18 9RA
Palace Barracks in Holywood, Co. Down dates back to 1886. During the Second World War, Allied troops trained there and detained prisoners of war nearby.
20th September 1942
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.
On 20th September 1942, Gordon Hayter Proctor joined the Caterpillar Club, bailing out of Supermarine Spitfire R6992 before it came down in Monaghan, Ireland.
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On Belmont Road in East Belfast stands Campbell College, a grammar school that operated as a military hospital during the years of the Second World War.
Belmont Road Belfast BT4 2ND
During the Second World War, boarders left Campbell College grammar school in East Belfast. The site became a military hospital operating throughout the war.
19th September 1942
On 19th September 1941, Valentine Tanks rolled through the town of Ballymena, Co. Antrim. One year on, an Ulster Home Guard Motor Boat Patrol took to the water.
