Yell Catalina memorial cross.

On the hill above Burravoe, a World War Two Catalina aircraft crashed on 19th January, l941, with only three of the crew of ten surviving.

RAF Grangemouth 58 OTU memorial

The inscriptions read

This cairn is erected on the site of Grangemouth Aerodrome to mark the 75th anniversary of the Royal Air Force and in memory of those who served here in war and peace.

Air Commodore Richard B. Ducket CVO, AFC, ADC RAF on behalf of the Royal Air Force and Falkirk District Council 4th November 1993.

58 OTU Roll of Honour

Richard Hillary memorial, Coldstream.

Hillary, while at Oxford University joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve before the outbreak of WW2. He was eventually posted to 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron and fought in the Battle of Britain.

He shot down five German aircraft before he was shot down himself, sustaining severe burns to the face and hands. He underwent a series of reconstructive plastic surgery by Archie McIndole, using new and pioneering plastic surgery techniques as a patient at East Grinstead.

He eventually managed to begin training as a precursor to operational flying at the night fighter operational training unit at Charterhall. He was killed in a flying accident, 8th Jan 1943, not far from this memorial. His navigator/wireless operator Sgt. K.W.Y. Fison was also killed in the accident and was buried at Seaford Cemetery, Sussex.

Of all the students that joined the RAF VR with him at Oxford, he was the last to die.

Flight Sgt. Ian Pearson, of 65 Sqdn, killed while performing low level aerobatics in his Spitfire, in front of his family near Gateside, Fife. Buried at Strathmiglo Parish Churchyard. Number 65 Squadron was involved in the thick of the battle of Britain, flying from Hornchurch. The squadron was retired to Turnhouse 28 Aug 40 for a rest and to regroup. It may be that Sgt Pearson may have survived the Battle of Britain only to die in a silly accident at home.

Memorial, outside the Fyfe Arms Hotel, Braemar to the crew of a Wellington, which crashed in the glens south of Braemar. The inscription reads.

In memorium
Vickers Wellington R1646
On 19 January 1942, during a routine training flight, this aircraft crashed on high ground due to poor weather conditions. All six crewman based at 20 Operational Training Unit, RAF Lossiemouth, lost their lives. The two Bristol Pegasus engines were removed from the crashsite in 1999 and one is preserved here as a permanent memorial to them and all other aircrew who have given their lives over the Cairngorm Mountains. The six crew members lie at rest within the Commonwealth War Graves Commission reservation Dyce (Old Churchyard) Aberdeen.

Dickson Sgt Beaumont Churchill, RAAF 404634, Aged 22 of Rockhampton Queensland, Australia.

Jackson Robert James RCAF R/83904, (Pilot), Aged 21 of Toronto Ontario Canada.

Kelly FSgt Harry Joseph RCAF R/76123 (Air Observer) Aged 23 of Westmount Qubec Canada

Milliken Sgt Roy Alistair RAAF 404637, aged 22 of Des Plains Illinois, USA

Riley Sgt John Bernard RAF VR (W Op / Air Gunner), aged 23 of Askern Yorkshire England

Thomson Flg Offr James Williamson DFC RNZAF 40667, (pilot) aged 25 of Omaru, Otago, New Zealand.

Sgt. Riley, and three others of the crew were interred at Old Dyce Churchyard Aberdeen. Note the inscriptions "Buried near this spot," which would tend to suggest that they were buried on the hillside where they crashed.

Sgt. Dickson, RAAF	Sgt. Kelly, RCAF
Sgt. Milliken, RAAF	Sgt. Riley, RAF

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