On Shalloch on Minnocha Corbett, at the north end of the ‘Awful Hand’ range in the Southern Uplands, part of Galloway Forest Park, Leading Aircraftman James Cameron Campbell was a member of an Avro Anson crew that was lost on 2 July 1942. Campbell, 1346334, RAFVR was the husband of Catherine Mason […]
Sergeant Alexander Little was the pilot of Armstrong Whitley V EB389 from RAF 24 OTU at RAF Honeybourne, between Redditch and Cheltenham in Worcestershire, England. RAF 24 Operational Training Unit was formed there on 15 March 1942 as part of RAF 7 Group Bomber Command to train night bomber crews using Armstrong Whitleys. During 1942, the unit carried out three normal bomber […]
South of Bergen and North of Stavanger in Norway lies the cemetery of Haugesund (Rossebo) Var Frelsers in which lies the war grave of Sergeant David Ferguson Sharpe Campbell. Campbell, 74301, RAFVR was the observer on a Bristol Blenheim Mk IV, N3604, (QY-R), a twin-engined light bomber from RAF 254 Squadron on 25 […]
Flight Sergeant Archibald Campbell RAFVR (1371720), age 29, was the son of Archibald and Isabella Campbell of 5 Kincarrathie Crescent, Perth. Archibald Campbell was the pilot of a de Havilland Mosquito Mk IV Series II, DZ368 of RAF 540 Squadron. At this time RAF 540 squadron was based at RAF […]
Leading Aircraftwoman (LACW) Nan Menzies Roberts 2116233 WAAF (Women’s Auxiliary Air Force) was the daughter of David and Annie Duncan Menzies Kirk, 20 County Place, Perth and the wife of LAC Albert Pearson Roberts, 7 Polnoon Avenue, Glasgow. On 25 March 1945, a Hawker Typhoon Mk. Ib MN236 of RAF No. 55 Operational Training Unit […]
Leading Aircraftwoman Ethel Cassidy 896633 WAAF (Women’s Auxiliary Air Force) was tragically killed whilst walking with another Aircraftwoman along a road shortly before 11 pm on Saturday 28 March 1942. The Cornishman newspaper of 2 April 1942 reported the following: REDRUTH TRAGEDY Girl Dies Following Car Accident A tragedy occurred outside Redruth […]
Sergeant Patrick Cameron RAF (573311) was an air gunner aboard Consolidated B-24 Liberator VI EW277. His squadron was part of the RAF 205 group consisting of US (daytime) and British (primarily night-time) long-range heavy bomber units under the command of Major General James H Doolittle. On 14 June 1944, age […]
Flight Sergeant Colin David Brough RAFVR (1570574) was the observer of the six-man crew on board a Douglas C-47 Skytrain (Dakota DC-3) KG747 when it crashed on 8 June 1946 in Nigeria. The aircraft was on route from Kano Airport (now Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport), Nigeria to Lagos/Ikeja Airport […]
Flight Sergeant Alan Reid Beveridge RAFVR (748353), served with RAF 10 Squadron. On 13 March 1941, he was the second pilot of an Armstrong Whitley type V, serial Z6496 bomber. The aircraft took off from RAF Disforth at 2035 hours to bomb Hamburg, Germany. The aircraft was struck by flak […]
Pilot Officer Peter Gordon Anderson RAFVR (88023) of 20 Balhousie Street, Perth, the only son of Margaret Crawford Logan Anderson and the late Peter Anderson, agent of the Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd. Peter Anderson was 22 years of age, he was educated at Perth Academy and Strathallan. Prior to […]
