Audio cassette recording of Grace Campbell, Tullymet, talking to Liz Lapsley.
Grace Campbell talks to Liz Lapsley about her family and childhood memories, her schooldays, her life as a teacher, the loss of her parents and the shop, Scarinish Hotel and licencing, her mother`s working day, the hardships of youth, the start of the W.R.I., tinkers, blacksmiths, joiners, funerals, the first cars on Tiree, the plane landing on Gott Bay shore, local events and traditions.
Aeronautical Chart of Scotland and the Northern Isles.
Aeronautical chart (Sheet 2150ABCD) of Scotland and the Northern Isles at a scale of 1:500,000, published by the CAA in 1986.
Map of Great Britain showing Air Ministry marker beacons for 1960.
Map of Great Britain showing Air Ministry airports and marker beacons for 1960.
Map of Beinn Hough showing VHF wireless station c. 1960.
Map of Beinn Hough showing VHF wireless station c. 1960 at a scale of 1:2,500.
Map of VHF sites and cabling from Beinn Hough to Crossapol dated 1950.
Map of VHF sites and cabling from Beinn Hough to the power station at Crossapol at a scale of 1:25,000 dated 1950.
Black and white photograph of an RAF crew based on Tiree during World War II.
RAF crew from 518 Squadron under a Halifax aircraft during World War II. (Photograph from Mike Hughes in Filing Cabinet 2 drawer 1)
Black and white photograph of a Halifax crew during World War II.
Crew from RAF 518 Squadron working on a Wellington aircraft at Tiree areodrome in 1942 during World War II. (Photograph from Mike Hughes in Filing Cabinet 2 drawer 1)
Flight Lieutenant Max Bacon and his aircrew from RAF 518 Squadron
Photograph of Flight Lieutenant Max Bacon and his aircrew from RAF 518 Squadron.
Courtesy of Mr Mike Hughes
Flight Lieutenant Arthur ‘Max’ Bacon (4th left) and his aircrew from RAF 518 Squadron are pictured beside their Halifax which was lost on operations over the Atlantic in January 1945.
RAF 518 Squadron arrived on Tiree in September 1943 to fly weather reconnaissance missions in long-range Halifax aircraft. Twice a day flights ‘Bismuth’ and ‘Mercer’ left Tiree for a ten-hour-long trip out into the Atlantic at either 20,000 or 50 feet.
Pressure to fly was relentless and in 1944 518 Squadron flew every day but two. Often icing and waves 100 feet high made this dangerous. 518 Squadron lost twelve aircraft during their spell on Tiree. That night in January, Max and his crew disappeared without trace.
Black and white photograph of Flight Lieutenant Max Bacon and his aircrew during World War II.
Flight Lieutenant Max Bacon (4th left) and his aircrew from RAF 518 Squadron beside their Halifax which was lost on operations over the Atlantic on 21/1/1945. Far right: F/Sgt Tony Porazka (Met. Air Obs., Polish). (Photograph from Mike Hughes in Filing Cabinet 2 drawer 1)
Three colour photographs of de Havilland Heron aeroplanes.
De Havilland Heron G-ANXB with her sister aircraft G-ANXA at the Air Museum at Nottingham. Herons served Tiree from 1955-1973 as service aircraft with BEA and BA and also as air ambulances all over Scotland.
Black and white photograph of Halifax aircraft at Tiree aerodrome.
Halifax Mark Vs at Tiree aerodrome during World War II. RAF 518 Squadron flew Halifaxes out over the Atlantic on weather reconnaissance missions. (Photograph from Mike Hughes in Filing Cabinet 2 drawer 1)
