Michael Torrens-Spence was one of 21 navy flyers who made history on the night of 11/12 November 1940 in the … More
Tag: Royal Flying Corps
November 10. Queen’s University War Memorial re-dedicated. Roll of Honour
Among those remembered today, is Trevor Bennet MC, an Royal Irish Rifles officer who had taken part in the advance … More
June 16. Future lawyer and policeman on D-Day. Roll of Honour
This day in 1915 William Cotter from Aughnacloy and Belfast was injured serving with the Royal Irish Rifles. He refused … More
May 20 – North Irish Horseman dies in Royal Flying Corps. Runnymede Memorial. Roll of Honour
Roland Bradley, North Irish Horse and Royal Flying Corps was one of four brothers from Moy who served in WW1. … More
April 13. Foundation of Royal Flying Corps. HMS Repulse survivor. Roll of Honour
On this day in 1912, The Royal Flying Corps was founded. By the end of the year it had a … More
April 9. Loss of RN’s first aircraft carrier Hermes. Roll of Honour
Robert McConnell, son of a former minister of Megain Memorial Presbyterian Church, Belfast, and a brilliant QUB student, died in … More
March 31. Last member of Royal Flying Corps. Nuremburg, the RAF’s most costly raid. Roll of Honour
In 1944 RAF Bomber Command suffered its most costly night of the Second World War. 96 bombers were shot down … More
March 11. Son of Prime Minister of Northern Ireland killed in Tunisia. Roll of Honour
Nine fatalities from HMS Bayano, torpedoed on this day in 1915, are interred in N Ireland. On the same day … More
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