Several airmen with connections to Northern Ireland died in action or in training operations on 5th June througout the years of the Second World War.
Remembering the Fallen
Thomas Lindsay Armstrong
Sergeant | 745102
Sergeant Thomas Lindsay Armstrong died on 5th June 1940 when his Bristol Blenheim fighter plane overshot the runway at RAF Worcester in the United Kingdom.
Hugh Beattie
Aircraftman 1st Class | 1795089
Aircraftman 1st Class Hugh Beattie of Belfast died on 5th June 1943 while serving in the United Kingdom with RAF 2738 Squadron in the Second World War.