On 11th August 1943, Escort Carrier H.M.S. Pursuer docked at Airport Wharf next to Sydenham Airfield, Belfast with a cargo of American fighter planes.
H.M.S. Pursuer in Belfast
Remembering the Fallen
Thomas Ireland
Driver | T/7007689
Driver Thomas Ireland (T/7007689) served in 282 General Transport Company, Royal Army Service Corps. He died in August 1944 during the Battle of Normandy.
John Haggan Jeffrey
Sergeant | 1062344
Sergeant John Haggan Jeffrey of Malone Avenue, Belfast died on 11th August 1942 as Short Sterling W7568 came down after taking off from a Norfolk airfield.
James Victor McCaig
Leading Steward | D/LX 26009
Leading Steward James Victor McCaig of Ballymena, Co. Antrim died on 11th August 1943 while serving off the Italian coast on board H.M. Submarine Parthian.
Arthur Potts
Guardsman | 2724063
Lisburn born Guard Arthur Potts served in 3rd Battalion Irish Guards. He was fighting as part of the Battle of Normandy when he died on 11th August 1944.
Anthony Allen Williams
Flying Officer | 130964
Flying Officer Anthony Allen Williams died on 11th August 1943 when Consolidated Catalina FP101 came down in bad weather at Duross Point, Co. Fermanagh.
