During the Second World War, R.A.F. 207 Squadron carried out bombing raids over Germany. Sergeant George Fleck of Co. Antrim died on one such attack on Bremen.
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Sergeant George Fleck of Glengormley, Co. Antrim served in R.A.F. 207 Squadron at his time of death on a bombing raid over Bremen on 5th September 1942.
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Belfast-born Sergeant Paul McLarnon served in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve with No. 11 Operational Training Unit. He died on 3rd September 1942.
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Co. Fermanagh Fusilier Oliver Gilroy of 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers was a prisoner of war in Burma at his time of death on 3rd September 1942.
Royal Navy
Between 1941 and 1945, H.M.S. Attack was a Royal Naval Coastal Forces shore establishment base at Portland, Dorset, England during the Second World War.
Royal Air Force 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron flew many sorties in the bombing campaign over Germany during the Second World War with many Ulstermen in the crews.
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Sergeant Thomas McCord Campbell of Portrush, Co. Antrim served in R.A.F. 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron at his time of death in Germany on 2nd September 1942.
1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers began the Second World War in India, before playing a role in the Burma campaign in 1942-1943 alongside Indian units.
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Fusilier Alexander Riddell was one of many Ulstermen serving with 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in the early stages of the Burma campaign in 1942.
Royal Air Force No. 66 Air School was based at Youngsfield, Cape Town, South Africa in 1942 when Co. Antrim-born airman Henry Marcus Bolt trained there.
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Leading Aircraftman Henry "Harry" Marcus Bolt from Ballyreagh, Co. Antrim trained with R.A.F. No. 66 Air School in South Africa during the Second World War.
During the Second World War, Belfast-born Wing Commander John Kane Rogers was a high-ranking officer in R.A.F. 208 Squadron based in North Africa and Palestine.