6th September

Throughout wartime, many personnel from Northern Ireland died on 6th September between 1939 and 1945 including many airmen serving in the Royal Air Force.

Remembering the Fallen

William Bell

William Bell

Sergeant | 624554

Sergeant William Bell of Doagh, Co. Antrim served in Bomber Command with RAF 44 Squadron when he died on a raid over Krefeld, Germany on 6th September 1940.

Arthur Ernest Belshaw

Sergeant | 1795491

Sergeant Arthur Ernest Belshaw died on 6th September 1943 aged 19 years old. He was the Bomb Aimer on the Mark I Avro Lancaster ED392 of RAF 12 Squadron.

Francis McNamee

Fusilier | 6980075

Fusilier Francis McNamee served with 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers when he died as a result of an accident in Battle, Sussex, United Kingdom.