Ballykelly AFB

Upon landing on a waterlogged runway, the aircraft skidded for several yards when the nose gear collapsed. The aircraft went to a halt and was damaged beyond repair. All crew members were evacuated safely.

The crew was performing a test flight out from RAF Ballykelly. While cruising at low altitude, the captain encountered poor visibility while flying west of Carnlough. The bomber impacted the slope of Mt Limnalary and disintegrated upon impact. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew (120th Squadron):
Cpt Harry King Goode, pilot,
F/O Michael Francis Dear, pilot,
Sgt Arnolous Bothma Meyer, pilot,
Sgt Charles Humphrey, flight engineer,
P/O Albert Benjamin Gomperts, observer,
Sgt Robert Ainslie, wireless operator,
Sgt Ivan Victor McQuay, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas William Taylor, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Ballykelly at 0533LT on a maritime patrol flight over the Atlantic Ocean. After the German U-boat U-256 was attacked and sank to a depth of 110 metres, the crew was requested to take part to a SAR operation for a troopship reported to have been torpedoed. At 1220LT, the crew informed ground that he was returning to base with an ETA at 1627LT. At 1515LT, all four engine lost power, the aircraft lost height and was ditched off the Irish coast. While the aircraft sank and was lost, four crew members were rescued while four others were killed.
Crew:
P/O Victor Dennis James, pilot, †
Sgt Hector Vivian Frances Archer, copilot,
F/Sgt Alfred Burton Craig, navigator, †
Sgt Seymour Clare, flight engineer, †
F/Sgt Kenneth Henry Watson, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt Peter Francis George, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt William Charles Gordon, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Fredrick Norman Hollies, wireless operator and air gunner.

Sincere thanks to Peter Clare, son of Sgt Seymour Clare, for his testimony and contribution. All texts below by Peter Clare:
http://www.ww2irishaviation.com/lv341.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/98/a2600498.shtml

The crew was engaged in a local test flight at RAF Ballykelly. The goal of the mission was to test the parachute extraction system. While in a circuit in the vicinity of the airbase, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a field. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Richard William Gilbert Holdsworth, pilot,
F/Lt Archibald Duncan Livingstone, pilot,
F/Sgt Stanley Frederick Chadwick, observer.