Black and white photograph of an RAF Squadron 518 Halifax LL510 crew in rubber dinghy after ditching in the Atlantic west of Tiree on 21 November 1944.
2007.122.4
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2007.86.1
Minidisk recording of Professor Melvyn Howe talking to Maggie Campbell on 6/7/2007.
Professor Melvyn Howe talks to Maggie Campbell in July 2007 about his short stay at RAF Tiree during World War II, mainly on weather reconnaissance duties.
2007.83.1
Letter dated 19/12/2002 from John Kirk about Colin Cameron.
Letter dated 19/12/2002 from John Kirk about Colin Cameron, the half-brother of Iain MacKinnon (Iain Aoghais). Colin was also a half-brother of Lachie Cameron, Balevullin.
2007.84.1
Black and white photograph of a Halifax from 518 Squadron in 1944.
Halifax P (Mk 2-1A LK966) of 518 Sqadron on Tiree just before take-off on its historic flight on 1st June 1944. The weather report from that flight was responsible for delaying D-Day from the 5th to 6th June.
2007.84.3
Black and white photograph of members of 518 Squadron in March 1944.
Members of Halifax P Peter`s No. 8 crew in the back of a transport on their way to test a Halifax the evening before an operational trip on Tiree in March 1944. L-R: Flight Sergeant Jerry Bruce (WAG), Johnny Friend RAF (Met Observer), Maurice Foster RAAF (WAG), Reg Irving RCAF (Second Pilot) and Lin Steer RAAF (WAG).
2007.84.4
Black and white photograph of airmen `Taffy` Jones and Maurice Foster in 1944.
518 Squadron Flight Engineer `Taffy` Jones and WAG Maurice Foster in their flying gear outside Hut G14 on 5th March 1944.
2007.84.6
Black and white photograph of the crew of Halifax P for Peter in 518 Squadron in January 1944.
The crew of Halifax P for Peter taken just before their first operational flight for 518 Squadron in January 1944. L-R: Flying Officer Freddy Green RAF (2nd Pilot), Flight Sergeant Maurice Foster RAAF (WAG), Flight Sergeant Jerry Bruce RAAF (WAG), Flight Sergeant John `Taffy` Jones RAF (Flight Engineer), Squadron Leader Young RAF (1st Pilot), Flight Lieutenant Winston Dimond RAAF (Navigator), Flight Sergeant John Friend RAF (Met Observer), Flight Sergeant Lyn Steer RAAF (WAG).
2007.82.1
Booklet of the Tiree memoirs of Flying Officer Maurice Foster of 518 Squadron plus a CD of photographs.
Illustrated memoirs of Flying Officer Maurice Foster from Australia who served in 518 Squadron on Tiree from November 1943 to December 1945. (The CD contains photo files of images in the booklet.)
2007.41.5
Photocopied book extract from `Action Stations: 7. Military Airfields of Scotland, the North-East and Northern Ireland` by David Smith.
Account of RAF Station Tiree during World War II.