Photocopied book extract from `Action Stations: 7. Military Airfields of Scotland, the North-East and Northern Ireland` by David Smith.
Account of RAF Station Tiree during World War II.
2007.41.5
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2007.44.1
Transcript of Leo Crowther`s recording of his memories of Tiree 1944-5.
Transcript of Leo Crowther`s recording of his memories of Tiree 1944-5 (AC423).
2007.13.1
Transcription of Leo Crowther`s memories of Tiree.
Transcription of Leo Crowther`s memories of Tiree recorded on audio cassette AC423 (2006.158.1).
2006.158.1
Audio cassette recording of Leo Crowther`s memories of wartime Tiree.
Leo Crowther, a former Warrant Officer in 281 Squadron, talks about his experiences on Tiree where he was posted during 1944-5. (Second master copy in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 4)
2006.145.1
Copy of the service record of W/O William Arthur Graham.
Service record of W/O William Arthur Graham who was killed on Tiree as a result of the aircraft collision in August 1944.
2006.145.2
Copied newspaper cutting about W/O William Arthur Graham.
Photo of William Arthur Graham published in a Canadian or American newspaper in 1942 or 1943. He was killed in the mid-air collision above the airfield in August 1944.
2006.93.10
Squadron Leader Preston-Potts and his wife
Photograph of Squadron Leader Preston-Potts and his wife.
Courtesy of Ms Annabelle MacNeill
The Station Commander of the RAF base on Tiree between 1943 and 1945 was Squadron Leader Preston-Potts. A fighter pilot who had been injured in the Battle of Britain, he was left with a burned face and had to travel regularly to the mainland for treatment.
He was quite fearless and won a pilots’ bet as to who could fly lowest over the Officers’ Mess; he flew so low he cut the telegraph wires with the wheels of his plane. Once he swam out to defuse a mine bobbing offshore.
A great lover of speed, he would career along the narrow Tiree roads in an open-top jeep offering lifts to locals, who were left shaking in their shoes at the end of the journey.
Black and white photograph of Preston Potts and his wife, from Annabella MacNeill`s collection.
The Commanding Officer of RAF Tiree Preston Potts and his wife sitting on a jeep. (Original stored in filing cabinet 8 drawer 4)
2006.93.14
Black and white photograph of airman Bill Store (?), from Annabella MacNeill`s collection.
Airman Bill Store (Stone?) outside a Nissen hut in Tiree during WWII. He was lost during the war. (Original stored in filing cabinet 8 drawer 4)
2006.93.11
Black and white photograph of Preston Potts, his wife and an unknown couple, from Annabella MacNeill`s collection.
The Commanding Officer of RAF Tiree Preston Potts (on the far right) and his wife (on the far left) with an unknown couple and a jeep. (Original stored in filing cabinet 8 drawer 4)
2005.60.1
Newspaper cutting about veterans visiting Tiree.
Article and photograph of a group of eight veterans visiting Tiree. Date unknown. (Original in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 3)