Here are some shots of RAF Limavady as it appeared last year. There is an industrial estate now where the runways once stood but some of the buildings are here, as can be seen.
The graves from 1968 relate to a Shackleton crash (204 squadron) on Mull of Kintyre google date and aircraft type for details
Hello bogman, Welcome to the forum. I have it that the 204 Squadron aircraft that crashed on 1 April 1968 was Shackleton MR3. WR956. The undercarriage collapsed on landing, Ballykelly. No injuries to the crew. The Mull of Kintyre crash occurred on 19 April 1968 involving 210 Squadron Shackleton MR2 WB833. Eleven crew lost.
The Mull of Kintyre crash occurred on 19 April 1968 involving 210 Squadron Shackleton MR2 WB833. Eleven crew lost. Details of the above loss 19 April 1968 Shackleton MR2 WB833 210 Sqn Mull Of Kintyre The aircraft was exercising with the submarine HMS Onyx in poor weather under a cloud base of 400 feet. It turned over the narrow coastal strip to practice an attack on the submarine and then repeated the exercise. However, on this occasion it flew further inland and collided with the ground on the Mull of Kintyre. Casualties Squadron Leader Robert Charles Leonard RAGGETT 33 Captain Flying Officer David Robert BURTON 23 Pilot Flying Officer Michael CREEDON 24 Pilot Flight Lieutenant George Craigie FISKEN 26 Navigator Flight Lieutenant Roger John Duncan DENNY 31 Navigator Flight Lieutenant Rodney HELLENS 27 Air Electronics Officer Master Signaller Ronald Cecil STRATTON 44 Air Signaller Flight Sergeant Thomas Frederick Anglin BUTTIMORE 33 Air Electronics Operator Sergeant Bruce Robert DIXON 24 Sergeant Nathaniel Michael DUFFY 24 Sergeant John Richard Frank CREAMER 27 Flight Engineer 'Category Five' - Cummings
Re : 19 April 1968 Shackleton MR2 WB833 210 Sqn Mull Of Kintyre the Captains name should read Squadron Leader Robert Charles Leonard HAGGETT he is buried to the west of the CWGC plot at Newark upon Trent cemetery in the post 1947 service personnel section.
Hello List! Just returned from Achill Island where I tried to locate place of 1950 crash of Halifax killing 8 RAF personnel. 2x Merlin rotary engines and one main landing gear still in situ on mountain. Do I understand that all eight are buried in Ballykelly? I'm trying to locate graves and have memorial erected on Achill. Best wishes, Tom
One of the RAF bases on the map earlier was RAF Cluntoe and it was open in 1957, it was used then as a training facility - an incident occurred that led to a RAF officer being awarded a Queens Commendation for Brave Conduct. See: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41243/supplement/7048/data.pdf and RAF Cluntoe - Wikipedia
