Consolidated Liberator (LB39A) AM261 Roll of Honour

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Reference WMO/281983

Address:

Arran Heritage Museum

Rosaburn

Brodick, Isle of Arran

KA27 8DP

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Roll of Honour or Book of Remembrance
Materials:
  • Glass Glass
  • Paper Paper
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Other
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Paper Roll of Honour executed in calligraphy in a glazed wooden frame
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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 into Mullach 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

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