5th June

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.