Printout of colour scan of Warrant Officer Derek Dolwin`s flight logbook.
Page from 518 Squadron Warrant Officer Derek Dolwin`s flight logbook for 9th to 30th June 1944 showing entry for plane LK692 which crashed on take-off on the 27th.
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)
Paperback book `The Hebrides at War` by Mike Hughes.
Illustrated account of the men and women who served and lived in Oban and the Hebrides during World War II.
Audio cassette recording of Vivienne Johnston talking to Dr John Holliday in March 2000.
Vivienne Johnston of Heanish talks to Dr John Holliday in March 2000 about her relations in Balemartine, coming on holiday every year as a child then as an evacuee in 1939, her stay at Taylor’s Cottage, her experiences at Balemartine School where Gaelic was the language of the playground, the kindness of the MacDonalds at Catrim, going to the pictures, the wartime plane crashes, experiences of her later life and how living on Tiree has affected her.
Newspaper article about Churchill and a plan to evacuate the Royal Family to Canada via Tiree in the event of a German invasion.
Click here to view 2000.88.2
Typewritten account about RAF Detachment Tiree.
Account of the small RAF unit stationed on Tiree in the 1960s onwards to maintain one of the remote equipment ends of the Auto Triangulation System operated from Prestwick which provided accurate fixes for aircraft in distress.
Click here to view 2001.147.1
Audio cassette recording of Janet Wilson of Cornaigbeg talking to Dr John Holliday in September 1998.
Janet Wilson talks to Dr John Holliday in September 1998 about annual holiday to Tiree during the Glasgow Fair, being met by a horse and cart, the entertainment during the Fair fortnight, the people of Cornaigbeg and their genealogy, the smiddy, wartime activities, identity cards and food coupons, dances, the arrival of the first plane in Tiree, ceilidhs and how law-abiding the RAF personnel were.
Audio cassette recording of Hugh Archie MacLean talking to Maggie Campebell in 2000.
Hugh Archie MacLean of Salum talks to Maggie Campbell about working on the croft in Salum 50 years ago with his father, working breeding and selling horses, the winter feed required for stock, the food needed for personnel at the aerodrome during World War II, picnics during the war, the changes in crofting methods since the 1950s, technology and changing markets, his work with the Crofters Commission, receiving the OBE and his work in Africa advising on agriculture.
Extract from RAF Operations Record Book for No. 304 (Polish) Squadron
Transcription of an extract from the RAF Operations Record Book for No. 304 (Polish) Squadron.
This extract from the RAF Operations Record Book for No. 304 (Polish) Squadron gives a summary of events during their brief posting to Tiree in 1942. The daily meteorological observations underline the importance of weather conditions for flying operations.
During their month on Tiree, the squadron carried out seventy-nine anti-submarine sweeps over the Atlantic in Wellington aircraft and dropped depth charges on six possible sightings of U-boats. They also reported on the position of convoys and other shipping.
The Wellington aircraft, however, lacked sufficient range over the Atlantic and the squadron was transferred to Wales, from where it began operations over the Bay of Biscay
Photocopy of RAF Operations Record Book- Appendices, Tiree 1940-5
RAF Operations Record Book- Appendices for 304 Squadron, Tiree from November 1940 to August 1945, giving sortie reports, list of Polish and British personnel and various orders.
