The crash happened on 6 August 1945, the same day United States military dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima.
On 6 August 1945, the same day the US dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, an English sailor lost his life in a plane crash on the Sperrin mountains.
Wreckage from the crash was recently recovered by aviation archaeologist Jonny McNee, assisted by a group of pupils from Foyle College.A memorial for the airmen that have perished on Sawel mountain"He was with his air squadron, training to fly carrier-based aircraft in anticipation of them being sent to carry on the fight against the Japanese in the Pacific.
The school and its pupils have undertaking licenced projects with Mr McNee for seven years, including several for BBC programmes such as Digging for Britain and being part of
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