30th August

The USAAF began operations from Cluntoe Airlfield at Ardboe, Co. Tyrone. The military air base became USAAF Station 238 and stationed up to 3,500 personnel.

Remembering the Fallen

Samuel Alexander Moore McKinney

Pilot II | 1795958

Pilot II Samuel Alexander Moore McKinney died as a result of a motorcycle accident in Deben, Suffolk on 30th August 1947. He served in RAF 54 Squadron.