Colour photograph of a memorial to an RAF Tiree crew in Bundoran, Ireland.
Memorial at Bundoran, Ireland to a Halifax crew from RAF Tiree who crashed in January 1944, photographed in June 2003.
2004.90.1
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2001.56.2
Black and white photograph of William H. MacPhail and Flora MacKinnon nee MacLean in 1943.
Flora MacKinnon nee MacLean of Balevullin as a baby in Glasgow in 1943 with Flight Lieutenant William H. MacPhail of the Canadian Air Force. He was born 11/8/1919 in Fullarton Township, Perth County, Ontario and died 13/1/1945 at Lille in France.
2000.74.1
Audio cassette recording of Janet MacIntosh talking to Maggie Campbell in March 2000.
Janet MacIntosh of Caoles and Balinoe talks to Maggie Campbell in March 2000 about her schooldays in Balemartine, her pastimes, the delivery of a telegram from Balinoe Post Office, wartime and the pictures, the funeral of 16 RAF crew members who died in a plane crash, monthly ceilidhs, dances and Gaelic plays, travelling shops, funerals, transport, gathering and cooking seafood and seaweed, and the health benefits of sea water.
2004.34.4
Photograph of F/Lt Milne`s crew of 518 Squadron
Black & white photograph of the crew of an RAF Tiree 518 Squadron aircraft captained by Flight Lieutenant Milne during WWII. L-R: Sandy MacGregor (Australian wireless operator), Dave MacKenzie (Scottish navigator), Peter Rackliffe (English Met. Observer), Allan Milne (Canadian skipper), Derek `Derry` Dolwin (English w.op), Wilf Davies (English 2nd pilot), Joe MacGilvray (Australian w.op), Ernie Mailow (English engineer). (Original in filing cabinet 8 drawer 3)
2004.34.5
Photograph of 518 Squadron`s ready room, RAF Tiree
Black & white photograph of RAF 518 Metereological Observer Squadron`s ready room on Tiree during WWII. (Original in filing cabinet 8 drawer 3)
2004.34.6
Photograph of the interior of a Nissen hut, RAF Tiree ca. 1944.
Black & white photograph of the interior of a Nissen hut showing bunk, book shelf and pin-ups, belonging to a crew member of 518 Squadron. (Original in filing cabinet 8 drawer 3)
2004.34.7
Photograph of two RAF personnel relaxing in a Nissen hut, Tiree ca. 1944.
Black & white photograph of Derek Dolwin (reclining on bed) and a fellow crew member of RAF 518 Met. Obs. Squadron, relaxing whilst off duty on Tiree during WWII. (Original in filing cabinet 8 drawer 3)
2004.34.8
Photograph of the RAF Tiree telephone exchange during WWII.
Black & white photograph of Derek Dolwin, Warrant Officer of RAF Tiree 518 Squadron, wearing headphones at (possibly) the telephone exchange at RAF Tiree around 1944. Derek was a member of the flight crew that took the metereological readings that facilitated the D-Day landing (see www.dolwin.demon.co.uk). (Original in filing cabinet 8 drawer 3)
2004.34.9
Photograph of the G-site aircrew billets at RAF Tiree.
Black & white photograph of distant Nissen huts that housed the aircrew billets at G-site, RAF Tiree during WWII. (Original in filing cabinet 8 drawer 3)
2004.34.1
Printout of colour scan of an RAF Tiree Station Theatre programme for 6/4/1945.
RAF Tiree Station Theatre programme for `The Mixture` performed on 6/4/1945.