Photograph of a memorial to aircrew of RAF Tiree in Ireland, 2003
Colour photograph of the details of a stone memorial to the crew of the Halifax aircraft LK 704 of 518 Squadon, Tiree, that crashed at Tullan Strand, Bundoran, Co. Donegal, Ireland, on 23 Jan. 1944. Erected by the Adamic and Dawson families of Canada in June 2003 in memory of F/O Vladimic Adamic, W/O Frank Ash, F/O Fred E Dawson, P/O Norman Czowski, Sgt DP Hewitson, Sgt FCE Hussey, F/O Clarence Scott and W/O Pilot Lloyd Upshall. Taken by Sheila MacKinnon, Barrapol. (original stored in filing cabinet 9 drawer 4)
Photograph of a memorial to aircrew of RAF Tiree at Tullan Strand, Ireland, 2003
Colour photograph of a stone memorial to the crew of the Halifax aircraft LK 704 of 518 Squadon, Tiree, that crashed at Tullan Strand, Bundoran, Co. Donegal, Ireland, on 23 Jan. 1944, with the strand/beach in the backround. Taken by Sheila MacKinnon, Barrapol. (original stored in filing cabinet 9 drawer 4)
Photograph of a communications mast on Tiree ca. 1940s
Black & white photograph of the base of a communications mast supported by many guy lines and with three unknown men in attendance. Could be WWII / RAF comm.s mast or one of the emergency telegraph masts at Scarinish.
Photographs and texts about RAF Tiree 518 Squadron during WWII
Black & white photographs, information, letters and compositions regarding 518 Squadron, the Meteorological Observers, on RAF Tiree during World War II. Photographs accessioned separately Q177 & Q178.
Photograph of the 518 Squadron flight crew at Tiree in August 1944
Black & white photograph of the crew of 518 Squadron (Met. Obs.) standing in front of their Halifax aircraft at RAF Tiree in August 1944 during WWII. L-R: Flight Seargent AL Cook WOP/AG RCAF, Sgt J Hagland F/Eng RAF, F.Sgt ? Bywood Pilot RAF, ?g.Officer B Morgan Pilot & Captain RAF, F.Sgt B Lewis Met. Air Obs. RAF, F.Sgt F Sinclair, Nav. RAAF, F Sgt B Cormier WOP/AG RCAF, W.O. Y Harkness WOP/AG RCAF. (Original stored in filing cabinet 9 drawer 4)
Photograph of the aircrew of RAF Tiree 518 Squadron in 1944
Black & white photograph of the aircrew of 518 Squadron Meteorological Air Observers standing at their aircraft at RAF Tiree in 1944 during WWII. 2nd from left is navigator David MacKenzie, 3rd from left is Peter Rackliff MAO, next to him is Flgt Lt AL Milne Captain RCAF. On the far right is flight engineer Ernest Marlow. Original stored in filing cabinet 9 drawer 4.
Printed emails about military sites on Tiree, 2011, 2013 & 2016
Printed emails to An Iodhlann regarding military sites surveyed on Tiree by Martin Briscoe, Fort William, in September 2011, April 2013 and June 2016. Includes information on hitherto unmapped buildings and links to photo-sharing websites on which there are many photographs of ruins of military installations on Tiree in 2011.
Photograph of seaman Edward Birch, survivor of HMS Sturdy wreck
Black & white photograph of seaman Edward Lionel Francis Birch, M37092 – Engine Room Artificer First Class, who was aboard HMS Sturdy when it ran aground at Sandaig in 1940 with the loss of five lives. The boy in the photo is John Birch, his eldest son. Taken in about 1940. Printed email in filing cabinet 9 drawer 3.
Information about Australian airmen who served with the RAF on Tiree during WWII
Printed pages from the Australian War Memorial website about Australian airmen who served with RAF Tiree 518 Squadron Meteorological Observers during the second World War (1939-1945). Includes information and photographs of airmen Lloyd Winters, L. R. Lambert, Eddu Rudd, Fred Green, Bob Hunt, George Hoare, Summers, Eastwood, Williams, Bill Brocket, Candy, Bonas, Westcott, Moore, and John Charles Grant and Alan Piree who died as a result of accidents at Tiree.
Book `Island Heroes – the military history of the Hebrides`, 2010
Softback book about the military history of the Hebrides from 1750-1945, including a short section about RAF 518 Squadron based on Tiree during the second World War (see pages 131-132). Based on the proceedings of a three day conference held in Lewis in 2008.
