26th July

On 26th July 1943, the Royal Air Force handed over Toome Airfield, Co. Antrim for use by the United States Army Air Force during their time in Ulster.

Toome Airfield

American military photographers captured the handover of Toome Airfield, Co. Antrim from the Royal Air Force to the United States Army Air Force on 26th July 1943.

Remembering the Fallen

James Stanfield Forsythe

Lance Corporal | 7013284

Lance Corporal James Stanfield Forsythe of Belfast, Co. Antrim died on 26th July 1945 aged 24 years old. He served in 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers.

Friedrich Selbach

Obergefreiter

Friedrich Selbach died on 26th July 1945 in a road traffic collision near Larne, Co. Antrim. The German soldier was part of a convoy of prisoners of war.