Vickers Wellington R1646 Memorial. Braemar, Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe.
The plaque on the memorial reads as follows:- '1939 1945 IN MEMORIAM VICKERS WELLINGTON R1646. ON 19 JANUARY 1942, DURING A ROUTINE TRAINING FLIGHT, THIS AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON HIGH GROUND NEAR BRAEMAR DUE TO POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS. ALL EIGHT CREWMEN BASED AT 20 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, RAF LOSSIEMOUTH, LOST THEIR LIVES, SIX CREW MEMBERS LIE AT REST WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH GRAVES COMMISSION RESERVATION, DYCE OLD CHURCHYARD, ABERDEEN AND TWO IN THEIR HOME CEMETERIES IN ENGLAND. THE TWO BRISTOL PEGASUS XVIII ENGINES WERE REMOVED FROM THE CRASH SITE IN 1999 AND ONE IS PRESERVED HERE AS A PERMANENT MEMORIAL TO THOSE NAMED BELOW AND ALL OTHER AIRCREW WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE CAIRNGORM MOUNTAINS. DICKSON , RAAF (W Op Air Gunner) Aged 22 of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. GREENBANK RAFVR (Air Gunner) Aged 19 of Windermere, Westmoreland, England. JACKSON Sgt. RCAF (Pilot) Aged 21 of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. KELLEY RCAF (Air Obs) Aged 23 of Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. KILBURN RAFVR (Pilot) Aged 19 of Farnham, Surrey, England. MILLIKEN RAAF (W Op. Air Gunner) Aged 22 of Rockhampton Queensland, Austrailia. RILEY RAFVR (W Gunner) Aged 23 of Askern, Yorkshire, England. THOMSON DFC RNZAF (Pilot) Aged 25 of Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand. TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN UNDYING MEMORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, COMMONWEALTH AND ALLIED AIRCREW WHO, IN PEACE AND WAR, HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES OVER THE CAIRNGORM MOUNTAINS.
Size: 3820px × 2770px
Location: Braemar, Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe.
Photo credit: © Stan Pritchard / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: aircraft, bomber, braemar, cairngorms, crash, crashed, crew, crewmen, engine, memorial, vickers, war, wellington
