6 Bomber Group June 24, 1944
99 Halifaxes from 424, 427, 429, 431, 433, and434 squadrons were ordered to attack a V-1 launching site at Bonnetot. The sky was clear and the crews bombed from between 12,000 and 14,500 feet, releasing 753,000 lbs of high explosives accurately on target. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)
At 0415 hrs, on returning from an operational mission in bad weather, the aircraft flew in to Binevenagh at an altitude of about 900 feet when attempting to land at Ballykelly, having previously had to abandon two attempted approaches, the Liberator exploded and all the crew were killed:
FL 977 were on a night anti-sub patrol when they crashed The aircraft struck the mountain fifty feet below the 1,280 foot summit. WOs W.C.Wallace, F.G. Logan, Pilot Officer G.W. Gerring,Warrant Officer H.G. Coombe (RNZAF), and five of the crew, not Canadians,were killed.
source: Malcolm Deeley, Ulster Aviation Society
