Map of the electrical cabling at part of Tiree Aerodrome dated 1944.
Plan for the electrical cabling at one section of Tiree Aerodrome dated 1944, at a scale of 1:500.
1997.217.16
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1997.217.17
Map of the electrical supply to RAF Tiree Dispersed Sites at Kilkenneth dated 1944.
Plan of the electrical cabling at the Army Guard Site and Messing Site at Kilkenneth dated 1944, at a scale of 1:2,500.
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.
2002.158.1
Audio cassette recording of Mary Davies and her sister Jessie Ann Goddard interviewed by Maggie Campbell in Kilmoluaig on 6/9/2002.
Sisters Mary Davies and Jessie Ann Goddard talk to Maggie Campbell in September 2002 about their childhood on Tiree during World War II, their schooldays, Crossapol and its people, their diet during the war, the ‘medicine’ they took as children to ward off colds and cleanse the blood, the games they played, their clothing and dances on Tiree.
2002.162.4
Photocopies of three letters from Alistair MacNeill to the Hebridean Trust written in 2002.
Memories of Hynish in the 1940s and 50s: the interior decoration of 4, Upper Square, neighbours, listening to the war news on the wireless, RAF airmen including Preston Potts.
1997.206.1
Gas mask with carrying bag from Scarinish Police Station, with `Light II M&CoH 5/44` printed on inside of bag flap, probably issued during WWII.
1997.207.1
Medical equipment from Tiree Airport.
Medical equipment found at Tiree Airport, consisting 4 tourniquets, 1 corkscrew (1960), 1 urinometer, 2 x 4oz cotton wool (1952), 2 magnifying glasses, ether masks, airways, needle holder (1959), assorted catgut ampoules size 0.1, aromatic ammonia capsules, standard dressing no. 9, 2 standard dressings no. 12 (1945), Enflavine dressing no. 12, 3 shell dresssings (1944), dibromopropamidine cream, eye solution no. 1, finger dressing, sterliser with burner, 2 blood administration sets, 6 chloroform ampoules (1939; empty), 2 silkworm gut.
1997.192.1
Photocopied newspaper article about Private John MacFadyen from Balemartine.
Article and photograph of Private John MacFadyen who was fatally wounded in action in Italy and died on 20 August 1944 aged 20. He was the son of John MacFadyen, Balemartine.
1997.189.1
Black and white photograph of RAF 518 Squadron`s crest.
The crest of RAF Squadron 518 based on Tiree 1943-1944. (Photograph from Mike Hughes in Filing Cabinet 2 drawer 1)
1997.189.19
Black and white photograph of a surrendered U-boat.
Surrendered German U-boat photographed north of Tiree during World War II. (Photograph from Mike Hughes in Filing Cabinet 2 drawer 1)
