Black and white photograph of Iain MacLeod, Ruaig.
On the left Iain MacLeod (Anneen Black`s brother) from Ruaig in RAF uniform during WWII..
1998.156.21
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1998.249.1
Metal airport runway lantern with red glass used during WWII.
1998.156.2
Iain MacLeod of Ruaig
Photograph of Iain MacLeod of Ruaig in RAF uniform.
After only one year at university, Iain MacLeod of Ruaig enlisted in the RAF. Along with two other Tiree lads, Alasdair Campbell of Kenovay and Hector Campbell from Crossapol, he was sent to the Spartan School of Aeronautics in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
These three young Tiree men were in the first group of fifty RAF pilots sent to North America to be trained. After a year, they gained their wings and returned to Britain.
In 1943 while on patrol in two Mustangs, Iain and a fellow pilot were surprised by four Messerschmitts. His friend dived and escaped, but Iain turned to face his attackers, was shot down and killed.
Black and white photograph of Iain MacLeod, Ruaig.
Iain MacLeod, Ruaig, in RAF uniform. He trained at the Spartan School of Aeronautics in Tulsa, Oklahoma and was killed on 15/5/1943.
1998.156.3
Black and white photograph of Hector Campbell, Crossapol.
Hector Campbell, Crossapol, during WWII..
1999.131.1
Collection of assorted WWII bandages and dresssings from the airport.
Nineteen shell dressings in their original cotton wrappers, 5 unopened packs of gauze, 3 triangular bandages, pack of 1 lb of tow, half a pack of surgical lint, 2 India rubber bandages, 3 medicated wound dressings, 3 burn dressings, 3 finger dressings, wooden finger splint, roll of Elastoplast, 2 safety pins and a contents label for a First Aid pack.
2001.169.2
Fragments of NAAFI crockery found at 10 Crossapol.
Fragments of NAAFI crockery stamped 1944 and found at 10 Crossapol.
2001.185.1
Fragment of NAAFI crockery.
Fragment of NAAFI crockery stamped with the NAAFI crest, found at 10 Crossapol.
1999.305.1
Autographed 1943 Christmas dinner menu for RAF Station, Ben Hough.
1943 Christmas dinner menu for RAF Station, Ben Hough with 48 signatures on the reverse.
1998.131.4
Black and white photograph of Hughina MacLean, Mary MacEachern and Rosie MacIntyre during WWII.
L-R: Hughina MacLean (Ann Langley`s mother), Mary MacEachern (daughter of Archie MacEachern, the blacksmith at Cornaigbeg, and Catherine MacLean from the Brae, Cornaigbeg), Rosie MacIntyre (daughter of Malcolm and Anne MacIntyre) with RAF airmen at Gott during World War II..
1998.132.19
Black and white photograph of Elsie MacKinnon, Lodge Farm, and others.
L-R: (back row) John MacKinnon; unknown airman; Kate MacKinnon; unknown airman; (front row) Hendry (Elsie`s adopted brother); Jimmy Sibbald of Glasgow; and Elsie MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, taken during WWII.
