On 28th March 1944, Martin B-26 Marauder 41-17990, known as the "Chickasaw Chief II" crashed during take-off at Toome Airfield, Toomebridge, Co. Antrim.
Remembering the Fallen
John Clarke
Corporal | D/24423
Corporal John Clarke from Dundonald, Co. Down served in 6th Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles, a Home Defence battalion when he died on 28th March 1940.
John Thompson Graham
Flight Sergeant | 968335
Flight Sergeant John Thompson Graham of Newtownards, Co. Down died on 28th March 1942 when his Mark I Short Stirling bomber came down in the North Sea.
Desmond Edwin Sproule Sidney-Smith
Sergeant | 1056817
Sergeant Desmond Edwin Sproule Sidney-Smith of Belfast, Co. Down died on 28th March 1942 when his Mark I Short Stirling bomber came down in the North Sea.