Dakota KK194 - Crew and Passengers crash site

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Reference WMO/276912

Address:

Tomsleibhe

Salen

Isle of Mull

PA65 6BA

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Trophy/Relic
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Propeller cemented to a large stone with small plaque on one of the blades. The logo of the Aircrew Association is engraved on the plaque above the inscription. The memorial is located adjacent to the track leading to Tomsleibhe bothy. This is 1 mile beyond the roadhead at the end of a 3 mile track from the A849, and 1/3 of a mile south from Tomsleibhe bothy.
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ACA/ Dakota Mark IV KK194/ On 1st February 1945 the above aircraft crashed into/ the side of Ben Talaidh, at 2300ft some200ft below the summit,/ the pilot having been disoriented by low cloud and heavy snow./ KK194 was on a delivery flight from Montreal, refueling at/ Reykyavik, bound for Prestwick./ On board were 3 crew and 5 passengers all RAF officers, one of/ whom got clear of the wreckage and sent up flares. He made his/ way into the glen below, following a light from a shepherd's/ house and raised help from local people, all the survivors were/ rescued and the bodies of those who died, recovered./ Those who lost their lives were the following:- (Names)/ In their memory this memorial was attached to the propeller blade/ from KK194 by the Vice-chairman and Hon. Secretary of the/ Air Crew Association, Highland Branch, Inverness/ on 1st February 2005

Squadron Leader Archibald Ernest Alderton 73063 RAFVR, King's Courier and passenger Flying Officer Frank Bishop 162502 RAFVR , Pilot Flying Officer Herbert Ellis 158646 RAFVR, passenger

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