Black and white photograph of Nissen huts at RAF Tiree in February 1944.
Group of Nissen huts at RAF Tiree in February 1944.
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Black and white photograph of four airmen from 518 Squadron in March 1944.
Four airmen from 518 Squadron in March 1944. L-R: Flight Sergeant Maurice Foster (WAG), Flight Lieutenant Fred Green (Pilot), Flight Sergeant John `Taffy` Jones (Flight Engineer), Flight Sergeant John Friend (Met Observer).
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Black and white photograph of three airmen from 518 Squadron in February 1944.
Three airmen from 518 Squadron in February 1944. L-R: Flight Engineer John ‘Taffy’ Jones, WAG Lin Steer, WAG Maurice Foster.
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Black and white photograph of of a Nissen hut at RAF Tiree in March 1944.
The Nissen hut at RAF Tiree where Flying Officer Maurice Foster lived for his twenty-two month posting. The photograph was taken in March 1944.
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Booklet of the Tiree memoirs of Flying Officer Maurice Foster of 518 Squadron plus a CD of photographs.
Illustrated memoirs of Flying Officer Maurice Foster from Australia who served in 518 Squadron on Tiree from November 1943 to December 1945. (The CD contains photo files of images in the booklet.)
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Biographical information about Bill Martin (1916-1942), a wireless operator/gunner in RAF 224 Squadron who was briefly posted to Tiree in 1942. Bill and all but one of his fellow crew members lost their lives when their plane collided with a barrage balloon in fog on the edge of Dartmoor in October 1942. A memorial was unveiled there by Bill’s widow in 2018.
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Letter from Sergeant Bill Martin of RAF 224 Squadron to his brother Jimmy on being posted to Tiree in 1942.
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Letter dated 10/5/1942 from Sergeant Bill Martin of 224 Squadron to his brother Jimmy, describing his pastimes on Tiree and the unsuitability of the island as a holiday destination.
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Page of information about the letters and photographs regarding Bill Martin, RAF 224 Squadron, Tiree 1942.
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