Black and white photograph of RAF pilot Niall Campbell of Crossapol.
RAF pilot Niall Campbell of Crossapol.
1999.138.6
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1999.138.7
Black and white photograph of Effie and Douglas Wheeley`s wartime wedding.
Wartime wedding with groom Douglas Wheeley (RAF), Cardiff, bride Effie MacDonald and bridesmaid Mary MacDonald, both from Mannal.
1999.138.8
Black and white photograph of Hector Campbell of Crossapol.
Hector Campbell of The Shieling, Crossapol, brother of S5 and also an RAF pilot during WWII.
1997.233.1
Audio cassette recording of Iain MacDonald talking to Reg Knapman in Scarinish in 1982
Iain MacDonald (Iain Noan) talks to Reg Knapman in 1982 about the MacLeans in Cornaig and Scarinish and their relation to Rossdhu, his grandfather and the `Mary Stewart`, starting work, WWII, CalMac ships and the service years ago, Tiree working boats, Flora Campbell and her family, the MacLeans and MacDonalds of Kenovay, the Rev. James Curry, Dr Armstrong and Kenneth MacKenzie, the piermaster.
1997.233.2
Audio cassette recording of Duncan MacPhee talking to Reg Knapman.
Duncan MacPhee talks to Reg Knapman about the Customs & Excise, smuggling, brewing and shebeens, methods of building, Captain Robert Nisbet of Heanish, Captain Donald MacKinnon of the `Taeping`, the Home Guard, HMS Sturdy, the history of Scarinish piers, his family, the ferry service before the pier, Niall and Iain Alainn, Lady Victoria Campbell and Lord Ash, Lady Ferguson and Miss Gibb, the Dukes of Argyll, Tiree boat building, superstitions and some old stories.
1997.230.1
Audio cassette recording of Mike Hughes talking about Tiree during World War II.
Mike Hughes talks about Tiree as a strategic location, description of photographs shown during talk, the wireless station, hangars and Nissen huts, aircraft, shipwrecks, collisions, the Home Guard, entertainment and some details of manoevres in around Oban.
2002.175.4
Account of RAF 224 Squadron in Tiree by Sam Bagley.
Account of Sam Bagley`s time as ground crew with RAF 224 Squadron in 1942, with a covering letter.
1997.217.2
Map of RAF Tiree sites in Crossapol in 1945.
RAF Tiree sites 1-9 in Crossapol including WAAF Sites 1 and 2, Sick Quarters and the Communal Site, scale 1:2,500.
1997.217.8
Ordnance Survey map sheet LXXVIII.3 with RAF sites superimposed.
RAF Tiree sites 1, 2, 4, 8 and 9 in Crosapol including WAAF Sites 1 and 2, Sick Quarters and the Communal Site, scale 1:2,500.
1997.217.14
Map of electrical cabling at Kilkenneth NAAFI dated 1944.
Plan of electrical cabling at the Kilkenneth NAAFI site at a scale of 1:500 and the Barrapol spur feeder at a scale of 1:2,500, dated 1944.