Five die this day at Gallipoli in 1915, three are Inniskillings from Derry, Coleraine, and Cookstown. Eight RAF named from … More
Tag: Bomber Command
June 04 – Ballymena RAF brothers in arms. Roll of Honour
In WW1 three Navy men in an infantry role who died at Gallipoli are recalled today. In 1917 William Andrews … More
May 30 – Roll of Honour. Coastal Command ace honoured by RAF
In May 2020 a new Poseidon aircraft is named for Ulsterman Terence Bulloch, the top U-boat hunter of WW2. Dunkirk … More
September 6 – Roll of Honour
By the age of 22 a young Belfast RAF officer educated at Methody and Queen’s had been decorated three times … More
Armagh air crewman amongst first fatalities of RAF in WW2
RAF crest and eagle above the gateway portico and the Per Ardua ad Astra Star above the central tower at … More
May 30 – Downpatrick air gunner was on first 1,000 bomber raid
Over 30 operations, shot down and became POW. Marched across Germany he was repatriated in 1945
