Scanned copies of photographs of HMS Tiree in Malta in 1957, members of Polish 304 Squadron beside their Wellington XIV and one signed by one of the aircrew, a pilot and navigator in a cockpit, a Warwick aircraft and Warwick ‘ghost’ aircraft with descriptive text. Includes the reverse sides of each photograph. *Copyright restrictions apply*
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Copy of a typed ‘Starting and Running Procedure for Hercules XVI Engine. Halifax III. A/C’ for use by pilots flying Halifax aircraft out of RAF Tiree during WWII. 518 Squadron Meteorological Observers used these aircraft.
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Black and white photograph of a Halifax III aircraft flying overhead. Halifaxes were flown by 518 Squadron Meteorological Observers based at RAF Tiree during WWII.
Pre-flight checklist on hard board for Halifax aircraft during WWII. Halifaxes were flown by 518 Squadron Meteorological Observers stationed at RAF Tiree. On loan for displaying at Tiree Airport.
Colour photograph of a Nissan hut at the entrance to The Camp at Crossapol, in around 2000. Only the foundations of the Nissan hut remain. The Camp was the main site of RAF Tiree’s operations during WWII.
Small illustrated card from a packet of Park Drive cigarettes (Gallaher Ltd) showing the WWII destroyer ‘HMS Sturdy’ at sea. HMS Sturdy was wrecked on the rocks at Sandaig during a storm in 1940.
St John’s Ambulance medal and two British Red Cross badges of honour belonging to Dr Neil Hugh Alan MacKinnon, Balemartine (1900-1976), who served as a medic overseas during WWII and after in the Red Cross Hospital for Officers at Percival Terrace, Brighton.
Row of miniature medals – stars and rosettes, belonging to Dr Neil Hugh Alan MacKinnon, Balemartine (1900-1976), who served as an Army medic during WWII. L-R: 1939-1945, North Atlantic, France-Germany (rosette), Africa, Burma, Pacific (rosette), Italy. Few served in as many campaigns.
Typed letter to Miss Elsie MacKinnon, Lodge Farm, Kirkapol, inviting her to a Social Evening and Dance in April 1945, to be organised by RAF Tiree’s 31 Embarkation Unit.
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Letter from the Ministry of Labour and National Service to Elsie MacKinnon, Lodge Farm, Kirkapol, dated 8 Sep 1941, exempting her from being transferred to work elsewhere (to support the war effort;) due to her “work on the farm”.
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