Harden Scott from Bangor was one of the first officers in the Royal Flying Corps. He received his Military Cross from the King on 29/08/1917 and died within two weeks of returning to France. In 1941 Gunner Alex Wilton from Portstewart died in Egypt. Another Portstewart man is listed in the Veterans Roll today. Hugh Hunter born today in 1892, emigrated to Canada and served with Canadian Field Artillery in WW1.
WW2 decorated Naval flyer, Michael Torrens-Spence died on this day in 2001. He was born on March 10 1914 at Whiteabbey, Co Antrim. His father was a professional soldier who spent most of the First World War as a PoW. At the age of 13, young Michael entered Dartmouth Royal Naval College. After flying training at Leuchars on First World War Avro 504s, he was commissioned as a pilot in both the RAF and the Navy. His first postings were on the carriers Furious and, in 1937, Glorious. His postings are included here up to taking command in 1959 when he took command of the carrier Albion where he spent the next two years, most of it in the Far East. He died 12/12/2001, Laurelvale House, Laurelvale.
Group Captain Peter Casement was from Ballycastle, County Antrim and fought throughout the Second World War. When Casement retired in 1968, he had flown 3,800 hours in 27 different aircraft. His medal group included a ‘Mentioned in Dispatches’ oak-leaf and campaign clasps for France and Germany, Malaya and Palestine 1946-48. Appointed to the rank of Wing Commander, the youngest in the RAF at the time, he served in Cyprus during the Suez Crisis. His later career included stints at RAF Binbrook, working back home in Northern Ireland where he was attached to HMS Sea Eagle, working with Nato Submarines. He died at home aged 95 on 12/12/2016.
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