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Sergeant Galen Warren Quinn of South Dakota, U.S.A. arrived in Northern Ireland on 10th May 1942, hobbling down the gangway with a fractured right tibia.
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Flight Sergeant William Humphreys Gregg of Purdysburn, Co. Down died on 5th May 1942 while on a bombing run over Germany with R.A.F. 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron.
Royal Air Force
In 1942, R.A.F. 106 Squadron began to convert from Avro Manchester planes to the Avro Lancaster bomber. The squadron completed thousands of sorties in wartime.
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Flight Sergeant William Lewis Johnston Young of Whitehouse, Co. Antrim served in R.A.F. 106 Squadron at his time of death over Denmark on 2nd May 1942.
Royal Navy
Tribal-class Destroyer H.M.S. Punjabi sank on 1st May 1942 having steered into the path of the Royal Navy battleship King George V in fog and poor visibility.
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Boy 1st Class Andrew McGugan of Coleraine, Co. Londonderry died as a result of the sinking of H.M.S. Punjabi when the destroyer collided with a battleship.
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Fusilier Benjamin Moore of Co. Armagh died on 1st May 1942 while serving in Burma with 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He has no known grave.
On 1st May 1942, H.M.S. Amazon came under attack from the air and also from German Destroyers. Irvine Reilly of Annalong, Co. Down was among the casualties.
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Able Seaman Irvine Reilly of Annalong, Co. Down died on 1st May 1942 when H.M.S. Amazon came under attack from both the Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine.
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Private John Arnold Strouse of St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A. died as a result of a tragic accident at a camp in Derry~Londonderry while serving in the U.S. Army.
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Private William E. Robertson of Lisburn, Co. Antrim died on 10th April 1942 while serving in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during the Second World War.
H.M.S. Dorsetshire sank on 5th April 1942 after an attack from Japanese reconnaissance aircraft dropping 250-550lb bombs about 200 miles southwest of Ceylon.
