Magazine article about Léonard Revilliod of 518 Squadron, Tiree, in Czech aviation magazine REVI
Tragická srážka nad Hebridami Ing. Pavel Vančata REVI č. 153/2026
PDF copy held at An iodhlann. Copyright material. Not available on our website.
A collection of photos about the memorial to two Second World War Coastal Command aircrews who lost their lives when their Halifax aircraft collided over Tiree airfield on 16 August 1944. The memorial is situated outside the entrace to Tiree Airport. It was unveiled on the 70th anniversary of the collision, 2014, by Ken Organ, the son of the pilot of one of the aircraft, Flying Officer Kenneth William Organ RAFVR.
The memorial reads as follows:
In memory of two Second World War Coastal Command aircrews who tragically lost their lives when their Handley Page Halifax aircraft collided over this airfield on Wednesday 16th August 1944
Flying Officer Kenneth William Organ • Captain • Age 24 – RAFVR Pilot Officer Barry Waltham Smith • 2nd Pilot • Age 23 – RAFVR Flying Officer Kenneth Oates • Navigator • Age 23 • RAFVR Flying Officer John Alexander Peterson • Wireless Operator/Air Gunner • Age 26 • RAAF Warrant Offcer William Arthur Graham • Wireless Operator/Air Gunner • Age 21 • RAAF Flight Sergeant Ronald Victor Cresswell • Wireless Operator/Air Gunner • Age 23 • RAFVR Sergeant Arthur Marshall • Flight Engineer • Age 22 • RAFVR Sergeant Peter Geoffrey Smith • Meteorological Observer • Age 20 – RAEVR
Flying Officer Neil Douglas Thomson Turner • Captain • Age 23 • RAFVR Flying Officer Leonard Revilliod – 2nd Pilot • Age 21 – RAFVR Flying Officer Thomas Stephens • Navigator • Age 32 – RAAF Pilot Officer Frank Bradley • Wireless Operator/Air Gunner • Age 32 • RCAF Pilot Officer Mortimer Regenstreif • Wireless Operator/Air Gunner • Age 22 – RCAF Warrant Officer Philip Heslop Milne • Wireless Operator Air Gunner • Age 24 • RAFVR Sergeant Kenneth Williams • Flight Engineer • Age 22 • RAFVR Sergeant Roy Stevenson • Meteorological Observer • Age 20 • RAFVR
This memorial was unveiled by Kenneth Organ on 16th August 2014
The memorial at Tiree Airport
Ken Organ lays a wreath at 1.25pm on 16 August 2024, marking the 80th anniversary of the collision. Notice the piece of wreckage of one of the aircraft recently recovered from the loch at Island House
Ken Organ on his visit to An iodhlann on 16 August 2024 to view the RAF Tiree collection
Book ‘The Hebrides at War’ by Mike Hughes, 1998. An illustrated account of the men and women who served and lived in Oban and the Hebrides during World War II. From the belongings of the MacDonald/MacCorquodale/MacLean family of Kenovay.
Two coloured charts mapping the sea bed around (1) Tiree and Coll, and (2) Barra Head and Skerryvore. They were produced by the German authorities during WWII to enable their U-boats to navigate in these areas.
Detailed copy of the original hand-drawn weather chart created by the Meteorological Office of the Air Ministry in London for the morning of Monday 5th June 1944. It includes isobars, windspeeds and weather systems in the north Atlantic and notes on general inference and outlook. On the reverse are rows of data collected in various areas, including Tiree, from which the chart was drawn. These data were used to forecast the break in the weather that enabled the D-Day landings on the 6th June 1944.
Scanned copies of photographs of HMS Tiree in Malta in 1957, members of Polish 304 Squadron beside their Wellington XIV and one signed by one of the aircrew, a pilot and navigator in a cockpit, a Warwick aircraft and Warwick ‘ghost’ aircraft with descriptive text. Includes the reverse sides of each photograph. *Copyright restrictions apply*
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Copy of a typed ‘Starting and Running Procedure for Hercules XVI Engine. Halifax III. A/C’ for use by pilots flying Halifax aircraft out of RAF Tiree during WWII. 518 Squadron Meteorological Observers used these aircraft.
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Black and white photograph of a Halifax III aircraft flying overhead. Halifaxes were flown by 518 Squadron Meteorological Observers based at RAF Tiree during WWII.
Pre-flight checklist on hard board for Halifax aircraft during WWII. Halifaxes were flown by 518 Squadron Meteorological Observers stationed at RAF Tiree. On loan for displaying at Tiree Airport.
Colour photograph of a Nissen hut at the entrance to The Camp at Crossapol, in around 2000. Only the foundations of the Nissen hut remain. The Camp was the main site of RAF Tiree’s operations during WWII.
