Tyrone

The crew left RAF Wigtown at 2130LT on a night training sortie. Three hours later, while overflying Northern Ireland, the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of Mt Legnacoppage Glen located in the Sperrins Mountains. Four crew members were killed while a fifth one was seriously injured.
Crew (1st AFU):
P/O Ian L. McFadyen, pilot, †
F/Sgt Robert H. Gilllian, navigator, †
Sgt Michael D. Shaxson, air bomber,
W/O Jack Pennack, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt Richard A. Button, wireless operator and air gunner. †

Overshot on landing, lost its undercarriage and came to rest into a ditch. No casualties.

The seaplane departed Killadeas NAS on a cross country navigation exercise. En route, weather conditions deteriorated with limited visibility due to low clouds. While flying in clouds, the airplane crashed on Reaghan Hill located about 24 km northwest of Omagh. The airplane was destroyed and all 11 occupants were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Herbert Hilling, pilot,
Sgt John Samuel Orr, pilot,
Sgt John Edward Slade, flight engineer,
F/O Robert Mercer Adams, observer,
Lac Leslie Greenhalgh,
Sgt George Wilson Lowther,
Sgt Daniel Ward Yates,
Sgt William Nichol, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Horton Perkins, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Bernard Ridge, wireless operator,
F/O Matthew James Hall Newman, air gunner.