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.
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.
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..
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.
