Memorial

Consolidated Liberator AM261

Source: Copyright Dr Irvine Stuart

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Current Location

Arran Heritage Museum, Rosabond, Brodick (Isle of Arran), Cunninghame, Ayrshire, KA27 8DP, Scotland

NS 00850 36753

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Type of Memorial: Roll of honour or book of remembrance
WMR Reference Number: 71004
Description: Paper Roll of Honour executed in calligraphy in a glazed wooden frame
Inscription: IN MEMORIAM/In memory of the 22 airmen who lost their lives on Arran on/August 10th 1941. The 20 passengers were intending to ferry back new/planes across the Atlantic for ATFERO, North Atlantic Return Ferry/Organisation to be used in Europe during WWII, of which some/37,000 were flown across during the course of the war./The crew and airmen who died were volunteers or secondees/from the Royal Air Force Ferry Command Air Transport Auxiliary.and British Overseas Aircraft Corporation/Shortly after take-off from Heathfield (Ayr) their plane, a/Consolidated Liberator (LB39A) AM261 encountered low cloud/and flew intoMullach Buidhe near the head of Coire Lan, north/of Goat Fell. These men from Great Britain and North/America (both Canada and the United States) died that day/whilst seeking to preserve our freedom/May they rest in peace

Memorial

Made from: Paper

Condition: Good