Book `Tiree – war among the barley and brine`
Two copies of softback book by Mike Hughes and John Holliday about Tiree`s role during WWII, the RAF base and the effect both had on the local population. One is signed by the authors.
Photograph of Dennis Anderson, formerly of RAF Scarinish during the Cold War
Colour photograph of Dennis Anderson of Edinburgh reading a copy of the book “The Hebrides at War” by Mike Hughes, in 2012. Dennis was stationed on Tiree in 1956, when the RAF maintained a radio post during the Cold War. (origingal stored in filing cabinet 9 drawer 4)
Photograph of Donald and Nan MacLean, Kenovay, with RAF Sergeant, ca 1944
Sepia photograph of Donald and Nan MacLean of Kenovay, standing at the door of their butchers shop with Sergeant Connel (on left) during WWII. The MacLeans supplied the RAF with meat when it was based at The Camp at Crossapol. Sergeant Connel was a chargehand at Smithfield Market, London. In his spare time he enjoyed coming to help Donald and Nan.
Booklet: Pilot`s Notes for the Blenheim V Aeroplane, 1942
Orange card&string-bound booklet produced by the Air Ministry during 1942, with sections on `Pilot`s controls and equipment` and `Handling and flying` for the Blenheim V aeroplane with two Mercury XV or 25 engines. Includes a photograph of the aircraft, diagrams and signed ammendment certificates. The Blenheim landed on Tiree during the war.
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Photograph of one of the Halifax aircraft involved in the mid-air collision over Tiree in 1944
Black & white photograph of one of the Halifax aircraft that was involved in the mid-air collision with another Halifax over Tiree on 16 Aug 1944 with the loss of all 16 airmen (8 in each plane). This is thought to be the one in which Leonard Revilliod (grandson of the first President of Czecheslovakia) was part of the crew when it crashed. (a print of the same photograph is filed 2012.135.6 filing cabinet 9 drawer 4)
Account of RAF Tiree`s operations during WWII
Printed internet content about a flight officer`s experiences of service in 518 Squardon, RAF Tiree, during WWII, and how their operations were critical to finding the weather window for the D Day landings (copyright www.oldnautibits.com).
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Information about the flight crew of one of the mid-air collision Halifaxes
Printed email from Ken Organ about the flight crew of one of the RAF Halifax aircraft that crashed in mid-air over Tiree in 1944 with the loss of all crew`s lives. Ken` father was one of them.
15 August 2012: “I said I would inform you of the identity of the airmen on the photograph we looked at last week. From the original my father noted the airmen thus:- front row left to right: F/O “Harry” Oates, F/Lt “Bill” Kemp, F/O K W Organ, F/O “Johnny” Peterson; back row left to right: Sgt “Bill” Graham, Arthur Marshall, “Norm” Power, “Warny” Creswell.
I understand that my father’s crew in the accident on 16/8/1944 included six of the above, but not Kemp and Power. Instead of Kemp and Power there was P/O B W Smith and Sgt P G Smith. I do not know when or where the photograph was taken, but his diary notes he was posted to Tiree on 10th August 1944 (and the accident was six days later); prior to Tiree his diary notes he was at RAF Brawdy (in Pembrokeshire). Maybe the photograph was taken there and that he went with most of his crew to Tiree. I guess we’ll never know.”
Photograph of the flight crew of air-collision Halifax during WWII
Black and white photograph of the crew of one of the Halifax aircraft of 518 Squadron, RAF Tiree, that collided in mid-air over Tiree on 16 August 1944 with the loss of both air crews. Back row L-R: Sgt “Bill” Graham, Arthur Marshall, “Norm” Power, “Warny” Creswell. Front row L-R: F/O “Harry” Oates, F/lt “Bill” Kemp, F/O K W Organ (donor`s father), F/O “Johnny ” Peterson. The photo was probably taken at RAF Brawdy in Pembrokeshire before their posting to Tiree. Kemp and Power did not follow the rest of the crew to Tiree, but were instead replaced by P/O BW Smith and Sgt PG Smith (not photographed). The accident happened only six days after they arrived on the island.
Transcript of telephone message about the `Oceana`
Handwritten notes and typed transcript from a telephone conversation with John Campbell, owner of the schooner `Oceana` that ran aground on Crossapol beach in 1949.
Letter of thanks from King George to Archie MacLean, Scarinish, 1945
Letter of thanks from King George to Archie MacLean, Scarinish, for his services in the Tiree Home Guard during WWII. Original and photocopy.
