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D茅anann an t-iriseoir Kevin Magee imscr煤d煤 ar thimpiste eitle谩in de chuid an RAF 贸n Dara Cogadh Domhanda i gContae Dh煤n na nGall sa bhliain 1943.

Bh铆 Leonard Ashby Court 23 bliain d鈥檃ois nuair a thit an buamad贸ir RAF Wellington a bh铆 s茅 a eitilt agus phl茅asc ina lasracha ag bun an Earagail ar an 28煤 Feabhra, 1943. Fuair seisear an chri煤 b谩s go duine sa timpiste.

Bh铆 an t-eitle谩n i ndiaidh imeacht as bun谩it an RAF i L茅im an Mhadaidh i dTuaisceart 脡ireann, agus t谩 p铆osa铆 de smionagar na timpiste le feice谩il ar fad sa phortach inar th谩inig s茅 anuas i gContae Dh煤n na nGall.

Aims铆onn Kevin mac de chuid an ph铆ol贸ta a mhaireann, Ian Court in Leicestershire, agus t茅ann ina chuideachta in aois a 84 bliain agus 茅 ag f铆or煤 uaillmhian saoil urraim a thabhairt faoi dheireadh ag l谩thair bh谩s a athar.

Journalist Kevin Magee investigates the cause of an RAF World War II plane crash in County Donegal in 1943.

Leonard Ashby Court was 23 years old when the RAF Wellington bomber he was flying crashed and burst into flames at the foot of Mount Errigal on 28 February 1943. All six crew members perished in the crash.

The plane had taken off from the RAF Limavady base in Northern Ireland, and bits of debris from the crash are still visible in the bog where it landed.

Kevin tracks down the pilot鈥檚 surviving son, Ian Court, in Leicestershire and accompanies the 84-year-old as he fulfils a lifelong ambition by finally paying his respects at the site where his father perished.