Photograph of the 518 Squadron flight crew at Tiree in August 1944
Black & white photograph of the crew of 518 Squadron (Met. Obs.) standing in front of their Halifax aircraft at RAF Tiree in August 1944 during WWII. L-R: Flight Seargent AL Cook WOP/AG RCAF, Sgt J Hagland F/Eng RAF, F.Sgt ? Bywood Pilot RAF, ?g.Officer B Morgan Pilot & Captain RAF, F.Sgt B Lewis Met. Air Obs. RAF, F.Sgt F Sinclair, Nav. RAAF, F Sgt B Cormier WOP/AG RCAF, W.O. Y Harkness WOP/AG RCAF. (Original stored in filing cabinet 9 drawer 4)
Photograph of the aircrew of RAF Tiree 518 Squadron in 1944
Black & white photograph of the aircrew of 518 Squadron Meteorological Air Observers standing at their aircraft at RAF Tiree in 1944 during WWII. 2nd from left is navigator David MacKenzie, 3rd from left is Peter Rackliff MAO, next to him is Flgt Lt AL Milne Captain RCAF. On the far right is flight engineer Ernest Marlow. Original stored in filing cabinet 9 drawer 4.
Photograph of the owner of the yacht `Charm` whose wreckage washed up on Hynish Bay in 1945
Black & white photograph of RAF Group Captain George Ninian Warrington, the new owner of the yacht `Charm`, whose wreckage washed up in Hynish Bay in September 1945, with the loss of four lives. Group Captain G.N. Warrington, his Australian wife and their two friends, FO McGregor and FO Ellis, were sailing from Sligo to Belfast when they ran into a gale and probably a free-floating mine left over from WWII. A full-scale search & rescue was carried out by the RAF and others, but to no avail. Mr & Mrs Warrington had fortunately left their three-year-old son, Alastair, with friends.
Information about the yacht `Charm` whose wreckage washed up in Hynish Bay in 1945
History, letter, newpaper cuttings, telegrams, maps and photographs relating to the yacht `Charm` whose wreckage washed up in Hynish Bay in September 1945, with the loss of four lives. The new owner RAF Group Captain GN Warrington, his Australian wife, and their two friends, FO McGregor and FO Ellis, were sailing from Sligo to Belfast when they ran into a gale and probably a free-floating mine. A full-scale search & rescue was carried out by the RAF and others. Mr & Mrs Warrington had fortunately left their three-year-old son, Alastair, with friends. See photographs P155-P157.
Photograph of the yacht `Charm` whose wreckage washed up at Hynish Bay in 1945
Black & white photograph of the yacht `Charm` at its berth in Co. Sligo, Ireland in the 1940s. Its wreckage washed up in Hynish Bay in September 1945, with the loss of four lives. The new owner RAF Group Captain G.N. Warrington, his Australian wife and their two friends, FO McGregor and FO Ellis, were sailing from Sligo to Belfast when they ran into a gale and probably a free-floating mine left over from WWII. A full-scale search & rescue was carried out by the RAF and others, but to no avail. Mr & Mrs Warrington had fortunately left their three-year-old son, Alastair, with friends.
Printed emails about military sites on Tiree, 2011, 2013 & 2016
Printed emails to An Iodhlann regarding military sites surveyed on Tiree by Martin Briscoe, Fort William, in September 2011, April 2013 and June 2016. Includes information on hitherto unmapped buildings and links to photo-sharing websites on which there are many photographs of ruins of military installations on Tiree in 2011.
Information about Australian airmen who served with the RAF on Tiree during WWII
Printed pages from the Australian War Memorial website about Australian airmen who served with RAF Tiree 518 Squadron Meteorological Observers during the second World War (1939-1945). Includes information and photographs of airmen Lloyd Winters, L. R. Lambert, Eddu Rudd, Fred Green, Bob Hunt, George Hoare, Summers, Eastwood, Williams, Bill Brocket, Candy, Bonas, Westcott, Moore, and John Charles Grant and Alan Piree who died as a result of accidents at Tiree.
Book `Island Heroes – the military history of the Hebrides`, 2010
Softback book about the military history of the Hebrides from 1750-1945, including a short section about RAF 518 Squadron based on Tiree during the second World War (see pages 131-132). Based on the proceedings of a three day conference held in Lewis in 2008.
Documents and information about the Lamont family of Ruaig, 1862-1945
Photocopies of certificates and information about the Lamont family of Ruaig: (1) birth and death certificates for Captain John Lamont (1862-1926) seaman & crofter, son of Charles Lamont, general merchant & crofter, and Ellen Lamont (nee Munn), (2) letter from Argyll County Council regarding Charles D Lamont`s application for a coal merchant license, 1951, (3) honorary membership card to Buenos Aires social clubs for Charles D Lamont, (4) National Union of Seamen membership book for Charles D Lamont 1941, (5) newspaper obituary for Flying Officer Ian Lamont (Charles D Lamont`s brother) who was killed testing a jet meteor plane in the south of England, (6) certificate of qualification as first pilot for Ian Lamont, 1942, (7) summary of escort sorties flown by Ian Lamont for August 1943 in spitfires and tiger moths, including details of bombing runs by marauders in France, (8) summary of escort sorties by Ian Lamont for March 1945 in spitfires, oxfords, DH82s.
Letters from William G. Gray, Balemartine/Canada about Tiree`s role during WWII.
Two letters and a composition about Tiree`s role during the second World War, written in 1984 by William G. Gray of Canada, grandson of Mr & Mrs Donald MacFarlane who lived at Taigh-na-Mara, Balemartine. One letter is to the Headteacher of Cornaigmore Secondary School offering a copy of the second letter addressed to the Canadian War Graves Commission regarding the graves of Canadian airmen on the island, and his enclosed composition `Significance of the Tiree Air Base during the second World War`.
