Short report by Peter G Rackliff (MAO 518 Squadron 1943-1945) of his private investigation into the fatal mid-air collision between two Halifax meteorolgical survey planes over Tiree during World War II, in which all 16 crew members died. Draws on evidence from the official `Report on a Flying Accident (Form 765c)` – August 1944, `Weather conditions and Air tests`, extracts from independent eyewitness accounts of crofter Hugh MacLean, Barrapol and shepherd David McClounnan, and extracts from the `Proceedings of a Court of Inquiry (Form 412)`.

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In his covering note, the author writes, “This accident has always troubled me; a chance in a million or more. I have done my best with what was available… With P/O Organ having just broken out of cloud, he could still have been losing height, whereas we know that P/O Turner had been ‘climbing up’ beyond the  runway. If Organ had not banked to starboard it’s possible that his aircraft would have just passed beneath S-Sugar. They were so close that his maneouvre ensured contact with his port wing, but it was a natrual reaction to turn away, in a vain effort to avoid a collision” . Includes ring-bound updated version donated 17 Aug 2014.