4th July is American Independence Day and it provides an opportunity for us to recall the role of the United States Forces in wartime Northern Ireland.
Grumman Hellcat JV146 spun out of control in the skies over Northern Ireland on 4th July 1944 and came down near Thompson's Farm, Greyabbey, Co. Down.
Remembering the Fallen
Frederick Robert Akister
Sub Lieutenant
Sub Lieutenant Frederick Robert Akister served in the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm when his Grumman Hellcat came down near Greyabbey, Co. Down on 4th July 1944.
Alexander William Fraser DFC and Bar
Flight Lieutenant | 404063
Australian airman Flight Lieutenant Alexander William Fraser DFC and Bar lived in Lisburn, Co. Antrim at his time of death in England on 4th July 1944.
Thomas Hancock
Private | 3957970
Private Thomas Hancock of 1st Battalion Welch Regiment died on 4th July 1942 while a prisoner of war in Germany leaving a widowed wife back in Belfast.
