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Fusilier Robert James Irwin served in 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers at his time of death on 11th July 1943 while engaged in the Italian campaign.
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Sergeant Norman Nicholas England of Portadown, Co. Armagh died on 22nd June 1943 while taking part in a bombing raid over Germany with R.A.F. 44 Squadron.
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In mid-1943, R.A.F. 90 Squadron was flying operations over the Ruhr and Berlin in Germany, sustaining heavy losses of Short Stirling bombers and their aircrew.
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Sergeant David Gillis of Portadown, Co. Armagh was an air gunner on Short Stirling bombers with R.A.F. 90 Squadron carrying out raids over Germany in 1943.
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Corporal William John Jess of Woodvale, Belfast served in the Royal Air Force and became a prisoner of war in Indonesia following the fall of Singapore in 1942.
R.A.F. 617 Squadron became one of the most famous in the Royal Air Force's Bomber Command when they undertook the famed Dambusters Raid on 16th-17th May 1943.
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On 16th-17th May 1943, Sergeant Richard Bolitho became the only person from Ulster to take part in the famous Dambusters Raids over occupied Germany.
In May 1943, R.A.F. 611 Squadron was in the United Kingdom, flying Mark IX Supermarine Spitfires. Among the pilots was Belfast-born Victor Stephenson Neill.
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Flying Officer Victor Stephenson Neill of Belfast died on 4th May 1943 while serving with R.A.F. 611 Squadron. His Spitfire disappeared over the North Sea.
R.A.F. 487 (R.N.Z.A.F.) Squadron operated in Europe as part of Bomber Command in the Second World War. Many of its aircrews were drawn from New Zealand forces.
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Sergeant Hugh Gibson of Belfast died on 3rd May 1943 while on a raid over the Netherlands with Bomber Command. He served in R.A.F. 487 (R.N.Z.A.F.) Squadron.
On 1st May 1943, Sergeant John Hunter of Belfast was among a crew from R.A.F. No. 1663 Heavy Conversion Unit killed when their Halifax bomber went down.
