2nd September 1939 2nd September 1943 Supermarine Spitfire BM531 crash en route to Belfast Docks By Scott Edgar 2nd September 2018 On 2nd September 1943, Polish Flight Sergeant Jerzy Malec escaped uninjured when Spitfire BM531 sustained damage en route to Belfast Docks. Remembering the Fallen Alfred Robert Coburn Sergeant | 580946 Sergeant Alfred Robert Coburn of Belfast served in the Royal Air Force with R.A.F. 40 Squadron at the time of his death on 2nd September 1940. Francis William Nixon Sergeant | 1134784 Sergeant Francis William Nixon of Newtownbutler, Co. Fermanagh served in R.A.F. No. 11 O.T.U. when he lost his life on 2nd September 1943. Moses Wright Private | 3323690 Private Moses Wright served with 1st Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders at the time of his death on 2nd September 1944.
