Locations

Map showing Strandburn Street, Belfast

Strandburn Street, Belfast

Belfast

Strandburn Street, East Belfast lies off Connsbrook Avenue. The street suffered damage during the 1941 Belfast Blitz with school buildings almost destroyed.

Map showing Dock Street, Belfast

Dock Street, Belfast

Belfast

Dock Street in North Belfast lies off Pilot Street in Belfast's old Sailortown District. This area is near where the US Army first landed in January 1942.

Map showing Donegall Street, Belfast

Donegall Street, Belfast

Belfast

Donegall Street lies in the heart of Belfast's Cathedral Quarter. St. Anne's Cathedral is one of a few buildings in the area to survive the Belfast Blitz.

Map showing Earl Street, Belfast

Earl Street, Belfast

Belfast

You will not find Earl Street on a modern map of Belfast. During the Second World War, the street was the site of a fatal stabbing by an American GI.

Holy Rood Church, Southampton, Hampshire

Holy Rood Church in Southampton is a reminder of the devastation wreaked by the Luftwaffe in 1940 but it's also a memorial with links to the city of Belfast

Map showing Royal Naval Air Station, Eastleigh, Hampshire

Royal Naval Air Station, Eastleigh, Hampshire

Eastleigh, Southampton, Hampshire

Royal Naval Air Station Eastleigh, known as HMS Raven during the war, operated under the command of the Royal Navy and is known as the home of the Spitfire.

Map showing Royal Naval Aircraft Yard, Belfast, Co. Antrim

Royal Naval Aircraft Yard, Belfast, Co. Antrim

Airport Road, Belfast, Co. Down

The name of the George Best City Airport in Belfast has changed many times over the years but during World War Two it was a busy Royal Naval Aircraft Yard.

Map showing Sydenham Airfield, Belfast

Sydenham Airfield, Belfast

Belfast

Now George Best City Airport in Belfast but from 1939 to 1941, the dockside airfield site was RAF Sydenham and was home to Bomber Command 88 Squadron.

Map showing Belfast Lough, Belfast

Belfast Lough, Belfast

Belfast

Today, Belfast Lough is a tranquil waterway but in the months preceding the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944, it was a hive of military activity.